Work & commute · Swede Grove

Work & commute in Swede Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Swede Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (11%), Litchfield (10%) and Grove City (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 180 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 177 Swede Grove residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swede Grove.

177live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swede Grove goes to work

Willmar18.7 mi away

11%19

Litchfield9.1 mi away

10%18

Grove City2.8 mi away

6%11

Hutchinson25.9 mi away

6%11

Paynesville13.2 mi away

5%9

Acton5.2 mi away

4%7

St. Cloud34.2 mi away

3%6

Union Grove6.4 mi away

3%5

Plymouth60.8 mi away

2%4

Gennessee9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%86

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

How far

How far Swede Grove commutes

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

22%

37%

18%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swede Grove is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swede Grove are

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

Jobs based in Swede Grove

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Swede Grove residents hold

180 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−60%

Jobs based in Swede Grove, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 46. 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.