Work & commute · Meire Grove

Work & commute in Meire Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Meire Grove for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Melrose (18%), St. Cloud (13%) and Albany (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 78 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 76 Meire Grove residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meire Grove.

76live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meire Grove goes to work

Melrose4.4 mi away

18%14

St. Cloud34.5 mi away

13%10

Albany14.8 mi away

8%6

Willmar36.1 mi away

5%4

Millwood10.1 mi away

5%4

Meire Grove (in town)right here

3%2

Greenwald1.8 mi away

3%2

Belgrade13.7 mi away

3%2

Fargo, ND126.8 mi away

3%2

Collegeville21.2 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%30

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

How far

How far Meire Grove commutes

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

31%

27%

24%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meire Grove is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meire Grove are

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

Jobs based in Meire Grove

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Meire Grove residents hold

78 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−24%

Jobs based in Meire Grove, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 13. 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.