Work & commute · Grove

Work & commute in Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Melrose (20%), St. Cloud (11%) and Sauk Centre (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 242 Grove residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grove.

242live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grove goes to work

Melrose3.7 mi away

20%50

St. Cloud32.2 mi away

11%27

Sauk Centre10 mi away

6%14

Albany12.6 mi away

5%13

Avon18.2 mi away

4%9

Waite Park28.9 mi away

4%9

Sartell29.3 mi away

3%8

Minneapolis88.3 mi away

3%8

Millwood8.6 mi away

3%7

St. Joseph25.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%95

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

How far

How far Grove commutes

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

34%

24%

25%

17%

34%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grove is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grove are

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

Jobs based in Grove

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Grove residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+3%

Jobs based in Grove, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 153. 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.