Work & commute · Spring Grove

Work & commute in Spring Grove, WI

Most working residents leave Spring Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Monroe (21%), Brodhead (11%) and Madison (11%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 388 Spring Grove residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Grove.

388live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Grove goes to work

Monroe11.4 mi away

21%83

Brodhead5.3 mi away

11%43

Madison37.2 mi away

11%43

Fitchburg30.2 mi away

3%10

Stoughton27.9 mi away

2%8

Dubuque, IA65.4 mi away

2%7

New Glarus21.1 mi away

2%7

Oregon26.1 mi away

2%7

Janesville22.9 mi away

2%7

Milwaukee82 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%173

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

How far

How far Spring Grove commutes

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

21%

33%

26%

20%

21%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Grove is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.41 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Grove are

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

Jobs based in Spring Grove

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Spring Grove residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+13%

Jobs based in Spring Grove, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 160. 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.