Ivanhoe has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. Ivanhoe has 149 jobs, and 263 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% stay in Ivanhoe for work; outside it, Marshall is the main destination (17%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Ivanhoe
Miles to work from Ivanhoe
About 21% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Ivanhoe
On a workday 245 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Ivanhoe on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 Ivanhoe goes to work
Where Ivanhoe clocks in
17% 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.
What Ivanhoe’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ivanhoe, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 149. 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 Ivanhoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Ivanhoe: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ivanhoe workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 267 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 Ivanhoe compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ash Lake Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ivanhoe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivanhoe | – | — | — | 20 min | $52,552 |
| Royal Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ash Lake Township | 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Royal Township and Ash Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ivanhoe’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 Ivanhoe: questions
What is the median household income in Ivanhoe?
$52,552 (±$11,535) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ivanhoe?
18.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ivanhoe?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ivanhoe work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (17%, 23 mi), Hendricks (16%, 9 mi), Brookings (11%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ivanhoe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ivanhoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ivanhoe
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.