Work & commute · Union Grove

Work & commute in Union Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Union Grove for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Litchfield (13%), Willmar (12%) and Hutchinson (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 300 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 297 Union Grove residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Union Grove.

297live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Union Grove goes to work

Litchfield13.7 mi away

13%39

Willmar21 mi away

12%35

Hutchinson31.5 mi away

8%25

Grove City9.2 mi away

5%14

Paynesville6.8 mi away

5%14

St. Cloud30.5 mi away

3%8

St. Paul80.8 mi away

3%8

Litchfield13.3 mi away

3%8

Acton11.5 mi away

2%7

Cosmos23.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%136

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

How far

How far Union Grove commutes

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

14%

42%

19%

25%

14%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Union Grove 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 Union Grove are

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

Jobs based in Union Grove

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Union Grove residents hold

300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+91%

Jobs based in Union Grove, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 44. 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.