Work & commute · Grand Meadow

Work & commute in Grand Meadow, MN

Most working residents leave Grand Meadow for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (48%), Grand Meadow (6%) and Austin (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 170 Grand Meadow residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Meadow.

170live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Meadow goes to work

Rochester21.8 mi away

48%83

Grand Meadow3.1 mi away

6%10

Austin17.7 mi away

6%10

Stewartville12.1 mi away

4%7

Spring Valley12.2 mi away

3%5

Grand Meadow (in town)right here

2%4

Frankford6.4 mi away

2%3

Le Roy15.4 mi away

1%2

Montgomery68.9 mi away

1%2

Mendota Heights84 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%46

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

How far

How far Grand Meadow commutes

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

13%

60%

20%

13%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Meadow is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Meadow are

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

Jobs based in Grand Meadow

272 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities95%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Grand Meadow residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+119%

Jobs based in Grand Meadow, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 272. 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.