Most of Greenfield Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Greenfield Township; the top destination outside it is Rochester (25%, 33 miles). There are 65 jobs in Greenfield Township, against 619 working residents. The two grades for Greenfield Township are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Greenfield Township apart on work
Greenfield Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Greenfield Township is Rochester, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (152) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Greenfield Township is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Greenfield Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Greenfield Township has about 750 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Greenfield Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 619 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Greenfield Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Greenfield Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Greenfield Township’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Greenfield Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Greenfield Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Near or far: the trip to work from Greenfield Township
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Greenfield Township
On a workday 609 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Greenfield Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 30 minutes to work from Greenfield Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenfield Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 538 commuters (the 13% 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.
The towns that employ Greenfield Township’s residents
Where Greenfield Township clocks in
25% of workers
21% 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 Greenfield Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenfield Township, 2014 → 2024: 77 → 65. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenfield Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Greenfield Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenfield Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Greenfield Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 615 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Greenfield Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenfield Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Greenfield Township is 1,479th among 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,477 | Berlin OH | 1,232 | $83K | 8.4% | 0.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,478 | Vonore TN | 1,715 | $58K | 10.1% | 0.3% | 18% | B |
| 1,479 | Greenfield Township MN | 1,308 | $91K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,480 | Orange Blossom CA | 1,062 | $104K | 6.4% | 1.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,481 | Highfield-Cascade MD | 1,089 | $62K | 4.7% | 2.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Greenfield Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Bordering towns draw 21% of Greenfield Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenfield Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield Township | – | B | C− | 30 min | $91,094 |
| Wabasha | 21% | B− | A | 21 min | $64,514 |
| Watopa Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Minneiska Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Watopa Township and Minneiska Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wabasha. Darker towns draw more of Greenfield 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 2024, 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 Greenfield Township: questions
What is the median household income in Greenfield Township?
$91,094 (±$12,334) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenfield Township?
4.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenfield Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenfield Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (25%, 33 mi), Wabasha (21%, 5 mi), Lake City (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Greenfield Township walkable?
Greenfield Township is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenfield Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenfield Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenfield Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.