Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Leaf River Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. Leaf River Township has 45 jobs, against 200 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Leaf River Township
Leaf River Township and Wadena trade workers both ways
Wadena is the top workplace for Leaf River Township residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Leaf River Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Leaf River Township is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Leaf River Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Leaf River Township has about 330 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Leaf River Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 200 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
25% of working residents work in Wadena
Where Leaf River Township clocks in
25% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Who leaves Leaf River Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 197 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Leaf River Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Leaf River Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leaf River Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 399 commuters (the 3% 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.
Goods jobs make up 40% of work in Leaf River Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leaf River Township, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 45. 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 Leaf River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Leaf River Township
About 22% 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.
Leaf River Township and its neighbors: 25% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leaf River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaf River Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $86,161 |
| Wadena | 25% | D | A− | 15 min | $56,080 |
| Wadena Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Rockwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Bluffton Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Wing River Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wadena Township: not graded. Rockwood Township, Bluffton Township and Wing River Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wadena. Darker towns draw more of Leaf River 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 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 Leaf River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Leaf River Township?
$86,161 (±$8,669) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leaf River Township?
10.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leaf River Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leaf River Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wadena (25%, 4 mi), Staples (11%, 16 mi), New York Mills (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leaf River Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leaf River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leaf River Township
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.