Work & commute · Pine Grove

Work & commute in Pine Grove, WI

Most working residents leave Pine Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Stevens Point (20%), Plover (7%) and Waupaca (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 402 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 398 Pine Grove residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pine Grove.

398live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
334work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Pine Grove goes to work

AlmondWild RoseWaupacaPloverWisconsin RapidsStevens PointAppletonOshkoshMadisonLanarkPine GrovePloverGrand RapidsPlainfieldGrantGrand ChuteBelmontAlmondBuena VistaStevens PointPloverWaupacaWisconsin RapidsMadisonAppletonOshkoshAlmondGrand ChuteBelmontPine Grove
1
Stevens Point16.2 mi away
20%82
2
Plover11.8 mi away
7%28
3
Waupaca23.5 mi away
5%21
4
Wisconsin Rapids15.9 mi away
4%18
5
Madison83.3 mi away
2%10
6
Appleton56.9 mi away
2%8
7
Oshkosh51.8 mi away
2%8
8
Almond6.8 mi away
2%7
9
Grand Chute53.7 mi away
2%7
10
Belmont12 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%206

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Pine Grove commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

8%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
32%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Pine Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pine Grove are

338 jobs are based in Pine Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pine Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pine Grove

338 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)46%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)29%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Pine Grove residents hold

402 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month53%
−20%

Jobs based in Pine Grove, 2013 → 2023: 422 → 338. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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