Work & commute · Spruce

Work & commute in Spruce, WI

Most working residents leave Spruce for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Green Bay (12%), Lena (9%) and Oconto Falls (9%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 451 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 445 Spruce residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spruce.

445live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

58work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spruce goes to work

Green Bay32.7 mi away

12%55

Lena6.4 mi away

9%41

Oconto Falls7.8 mi away

9%40

Oconto16.1 mi away

6%26

Ashwaubenon34.5 mi away

6%25

Howard28.5 mi away

2%11

Madison144.5 mi away

2%10

Marinette27.6 mi away

2%9

Lena5.9 mi away

2%9

De Pere37.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%218

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

How far

How far Spruce commutes

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

19%

22%

34%

26%

19%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spruce is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spruce are

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

Jobs based in Spruce

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Spruce residents hold

451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−23%

Jobs based in Spruce, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 64. 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.