Work & commute · Leenthrop

Work & commute in Leenthrop, MN

Most working residents leave Leenthrop for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Granite Falls (19%), Montevideo (17%) and Willmar (11%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 113 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110 Leenthrop residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leenthrop.

110live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leenthrop goes to work

Granite Falls8.3 mi away

19%21

Montevideo8.5 mi away

17%19

Willmar27.2 mi away

11%12

Minnesota Falls12 mi away

7%8

Emmet21.4 mi away

4%4

Dawson24.7 mi away

3%3

Clara City8.9 mi away

3%3

Mankato93.3 mi away

3%3

Leenthrop (in town)right here

3%3

Maynard4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%35

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

How far

How far Leenthrop commutes

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

41%

23%

17%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leenthrop is a job hub

2.40jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leenthrop are

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

Jobs based in Leenthrop

271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities82%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Leenthrop residents hold

113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+8%

Jobs based in Leenthrop, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 271. 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.