A job hub: Genola has 3.6 jobs per working resident, and 85 people come in to work
0% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Employers in Genola report 86 jobs, and 24 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Genola; the top destination outside it is St. Cloud (13%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Genola, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 23 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 130 people are in Genola on a workday afternoon, 86% more 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 the people who work in Genola live
Where Genola clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
33% of the jobs in Genola make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Genola, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 86. 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 Genola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Genola: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Genola workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 38 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.
How far Genola’s workers travel
About 17% 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.
Genola and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Pierz. Darker towns draw more of Genola’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 Genola: questions
What is the median household income in Genola?
$81,172 (±$8,199) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Genola?
16.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Genola?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Genola work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Cloud (13%, 30 mi), Little Falls (8%, 12 mi), Minden Township (8%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Genola 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 Genola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Genola
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.