Most of Blooming Grove Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 8% of workers; Minnesota has 18%. Employers in Blooming Grove Township report 57 jobs for 241 working residents. Hardly any stay in Blooming Grove Township for work; outside it, Waseca is the main destination (17%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Blooming Grove Township apart on work
Blooming Grove Township and Waseca trade workers both ways
Waseca is the top workplace for Blooming Grove Township residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Blooming Grove Township come from (26% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Blooming Grove Township is a place people come home to
There are 57 jobs based in Blooming Grove Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Blooming Grove Township has about 380 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Blooming Grove Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Blooming Grove Township’s residents
Where Blooming Grove Township clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who works in Blooming Grove Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 241 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Blooming Grove Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Blooming Grove Township takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blooming Grove Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 309 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Blooming Grove Township makes things: 63% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blooming Grove Township, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 57. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blooming Grove Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Blooming Grove Township commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Around Blooming Grove Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blooming Grove Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blooming Grove Township | – | — | — | 32 min | $93,125 |
| Woodville Township | under 2% | B− | C− | 20 min | $81,042 |
| Deerfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Morristown Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Iosco Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Deerfield Township, Morristown Township and Iosco Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blooming Grove Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Blooming Grove Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blooming Grove Township?
$93,125 (±$17,118) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blooming Grove Township?
5.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blooming Grove Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blooming Grove Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waseca (17%, 6 mi), Owatonna (13%, 12 mi), Mankato (13%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blooming Grove Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Blooming Grove Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blooming Grove Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.