Most of Melrose Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 68 jobs in Melrose Township, and 319 of its residents work somewhere. Commuters spend 16 minutes getting to work on average; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26. 20% of workers have no commute at all, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Melrose Township, in brief
Melrose Township and Melrose trade workers both ways
Melrose is the top workplace for Melrose Township residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Melrose Township come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Melrose Township is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Melrose Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Melrose Township has about 510 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Melrose Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. 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 319 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
29% of working residents work in Melrose
Where Melrose Township clocks in
10% of workers
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.
Melrose Township by day and by night
On a workday 315 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Melrose Township on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
From Melrose Township, about 16 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Melrose Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 570 commuters (the 20% 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.
Making and building: 62% of jobs based in Melrose Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Melrose Township, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 68. 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 Melrose Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Melrose Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
29% of Melrose Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Melrose Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melrose Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $97,000 |
| Melrose | 29% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $59,677 |
| Sauk Centre Township | under 2% | B | B | 23 min | $98,611 |
| Millwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Birchdale Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Millwood Township: not graded. Birchdale Township and Grove Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Melrose. Darker towns draw more of Melrose 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 Melrose Township: questions
What is the median household income in Melrose Township?
$97,000 (±$31,979) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Melrose Township?
0.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Melrose Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Melrose Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Melrose (29%, 4 mi), St. Cloud (10%, 35 mi), Sauk Centre (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Melrose Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Melrose Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Melrose 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.