Photo: Jonathunder · CC BY-SA 3.0Clarks Grove has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Clarks Grove has 72 jobs; 321 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Clarks Grove itself; outside it, Albert Lea draws the most (31%, 8 miles). Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Clarks Grove
Clarks Grove and Albert Lea trade workers both ways
Albert Lea is the top workplace for Clarks Grove residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Clarks Grove come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Clarks Grove is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Clarks Grove, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clarks Grove has about 430 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 321 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Clarks Grove to work: where people go
Where Clarks Grove clocks in
7% of workers
4% 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 commutes out of Clarks Grove, and who commutes in
On a workday 317 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Clarks Grove on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Jobs in Clarks Grove: what the 72 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarks Grove, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 72. 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 Clarks Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Clarks Grove: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarks Grove workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 340 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Clarks Grove
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Next door to Clarks Grove
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarks Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarks Grove | – | — | — | 20 min | $73,750 |
| Bath Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Bancroft Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bath Township and Bancroft Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarks Grove’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 Clarks Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Clarks Grove?
$73,750 (±$9,454) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarks Grove?
13.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarks Grove?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarks Grove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albert Lea (31%, 8 mi), Owatonna (7%, 23 mi), Austin (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clarks Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarks Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarks Grove
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.