Work & commute · Greenbush

Work & commute in Greenbush, MN

Most working residents leave Greenbush for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Roseau (15%), Deer (11%) and Thief River Falls (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

39 of 328 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 289 Greenbush residents head out of town to work, 39 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenbush.

289live here, work elsewhere

39live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenbush goes to work

Roseau21.6 mi away

15%49

Greenbush (in town)right here

12%39

Deer7.7 mi away

11%36

Thief River Falls40.8 mi away

10%32

Badger9.1 mi away

5%15

Warroad41.7 mi away

3%11

Medina281.7 mi away

2%7

Grand Forks, ND68.1 mi away

2%7

Palmville18.5 mi away

2%7

Crookston66.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%119

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

How far

How far Greenbush commutes

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

30%

24%

19%

27%

30%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenbush is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenbush are

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

Jobs based in Greenbush

207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Greenbush residents hold

328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−39%

Jobs based in Greenbush, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 207. 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.