Work & commute · Renville

Work & commute in Renville, MN

Most working residents leave Renville for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Redwood Falls (15%), Emmet (12%) and Olivia (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

75 of 556 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 481 Renville residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 518 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Renville.

481live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

518work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Renville goes to work

Redwood Falls17.6 mi away

15%83

Renville (in town)right here

13%75

Emmet2.6 mi away

12%65

Olivia10.2 mi away

7%37

Willmar23.9 mi away

5%26

Morton19.7 mi away

3%16

Sherman24.7 mi away

3%14

St. Paul103.4 mi away

2%11

Montevideo27.3 mi away

2%9

Minneapolis95.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%211

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

How far

How far Renville commutes

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

30%

39%

22%

30%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Renville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Renville are

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

Jobs based in Renville

593 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Renville residents hold

556 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−3%

Jobs based in Renville, 2013 → 2023: 612 → 593. 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.