Work & commute · Clarks Grove

Work & commute in Clarks Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Clarks Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albert Lea (31%), Owatonna (7%) and Austin (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 321 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 317 Clarks Grove residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarks Grove.

317live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarks Grove goes to work

Albert Lea7.7 mi away

31%100

Owatonna23.3 mi away

7%22

Austin18.6 mi away

4%14

Rochester45.7 mi away

4%13

New Richland12.3 mi away

4%12

Hartland8.3 mi away

2%8

Wells20.3 mi away

2%8

Waseca23.7 mi away

2%7

Faribault37.2 mi away

2%7

Clarks Grove (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%126

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

How far

How far Clarks Grove commutes

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

38%

30%

15%

18%

38%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarks Grove is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarks Grove are

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

Jobs based in Clarks Grove

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Clarks Grove residents hold

321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+44%

Jobs based in Clarks Grove, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 72. 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.