Work & commute · Riverdale

Work & commute in Riverdale, MN

Most working residents leave Riverdale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Madelia (26%), Mankato (11%) and New Ulm (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 125 Riverdale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Riverdale.

125live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Riverdale goes to work

Madelia6.9 mi away

26%32

Mankato29.8 mi away

11%14

New Ulm17.7 mi away

8%10

St. James6.6 mi away

7%9

St. Peter34.5 mi away

3%4

Leavenworth17.1 mi away

3%4

Sleepy Eye18.2 mi away

2%3

Windom30.9 mi away

2%3

North Mankato26.9 mi away

2%3

Bloomington80.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%40

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

How far

How far Riverdale commutes

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

38%

18%

25%

19%

38%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Riverdale is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Riverdale are

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

Jobs based in Riverdale

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Riverdale residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+1800%

Jobs based in Riverdale, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 19. 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.