Meire Grove has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
2 jobs are based in Meire Grove; 78 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Meire Grove; the top destination outside it is Melrose (17%, 4 miles). Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Meire Grove: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Meire Grove on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Out of Meire Grove to work: where people go
Where Meire Grove clocks in
8% 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 Meire Grove’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meire Grove, 2014 → 2024: 22 → 2. 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 Meire Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Meire Grove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meire Grove workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 14% 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 Meire Grove goes to work
About 23% 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.
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 Meire Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Meire Grove?
$61,806 (±$14,046) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meire Grove?
12.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meire Grove?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meire Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Melrose (17%, 4 mi), St. Cloud (8%, 34 mi), New Munich (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Meire Grove 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 Meire Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meire Grove
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.