Photo: Skvader · CC BY-SA 4.0Elmdale has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
0% of workers work from home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Employers in Elmdale report 10 jobs, and 50 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Elmdale for work; outside it, Little Falls is the main destination (16%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Elmdale
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 76 people are in Elmdale on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where Elmdale goes to work
Where Elmdale clocks in
16% of workers
16% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Elmdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmdale, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 10. 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 Elmdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Elmdale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elmdale workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 137 commuters (the 0% 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.
Elmdale’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Around Elmdale: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elmdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmdale | – | — | — | 29 min | $133,750 |
| Elmdale Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 34 min | $80,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elmdale’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 Elmdale: questions
What is the median household income in Elmdale?
$133,750 (±$91,389) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmdale?
5.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elmdale?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elmdale work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Falls (16%, 13 mi), St. Cloud (16%, 26 mi), Albany (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elmdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elmdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmdale
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.