Photo: Michel Curi · CC BY 2.0Luverne Township draws 327 commuters a day, with 1.7 jobs for every working resident
At home: 28% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). Luverne Township has 335 jobs, and 192 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Luverne Township
On a workday 184 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 590 people are in Luverne Township on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Luverne Township’s workers come from
Where Luverne Township clocks in
35% 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.
Goods jobs make up 91% of work in Luverne Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Luverne Township, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 335. 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 Luverne Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes to work from Luverne Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Luverne Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 commuters (the 28% 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 many miles Luverne Township commutes
About 19% 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.
35% of Luverne Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Luverne Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luverne Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $121,875 |
| Luverne | 35% | B− | B | 16 min | $64,366 |
| Beaver Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Magnolia Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Mound Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Clinton Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beaver Creek Township, Magnolia Township, Mound Township and Clinton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Luverne. Darker towns draw more of Luverne 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 Luverne Township: questions
What is the median household income in Luverne Township?
$121,875 (±$38,595) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Luverne Township?
3.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Luverne Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Luverne Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Luverne (35%, 2 mi), Sioux Falls (16%, 25 mi), Worthington (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Luverne Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Luverne Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Luverne 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.