Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Work and commuting in Greenbush
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. About one in ten stay in Greenbush for work; outside it, Roseau is the main destination (15%, 22 miles). At 22 minutes each way, commutes from Greenbush run about the Minnesota average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Greenbush and work: the main findings
What work there is in Greenbush: 207 jobs
207 jobs are based in Greenbush.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenbush, 2013 → 2023: 338 → 207. 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 Greenbush’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Greenbush for work, and who comes in
On a workday 289 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Greenbush on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Greenbush commutes to
Where Greenbush clocks in
15% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Greenbush
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenbush workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 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.
How far Greenbush’s workers travel
About 27% 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 Greenbush
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenbush workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenbush | – | — | — | 22 min | $60,333 |
| Hereim Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hereim Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenbush’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 Greenbush: questions
What is the median household income in Greenbush?
$60,333 (±$4,096) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenbush?
6.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenbush?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenbush work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roseau (15%, 22 mi), Deer Township (11%, 8 mi), Thief River Falls (10%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greenbush 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 Greenbush, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenbush
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.