Work & commute · Meadow

Work & commute in Meadow, MN

Most working residents leave Meadow for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Park Rapids (19%), Menahga (16%) and Staples (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 79 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79 Meadow residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meadow.

79live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meadow goes to work

Park Rapids17.3 mi away

19%15

Menahga8 mi away

16%13

Staples22.2 mi away

9%7

Wadena16.9 mi away

8%6

St. Paul149.6 mi away

3%2

Henrietta18 mi away

3%2

Todd19.7 mi away

3%2

Brandon56.7 mi away

1%1

Swanville54.8 mi away

1%1

New York Mills21.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%29

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

How far

How far Meadow commutes

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

18%

46%

30%

18%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meadow is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meadow are

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

Jobs based in Meadow

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Meadow residents hold

79 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−7%

Jobs based in Meadow, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 26. 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.