J. S. Anderson House · Photo: DrTh0r · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Minneota, MN
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. The two grades for Minneota are C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in ten work in Minneota itself; outside it, Marshall draws the most (36%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Minneota apart
36% of Minneota works in Marshall
224 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Marshall, 12 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Minneota itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Minneota than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Minneota fell from 591 in 2013 to 373 in 2023, −37%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Minneota are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 46 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 628 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Minneota
On income, poverty and job access, Minneota is better than 41% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Minneota’s grade up (6.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 13% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Minneota’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Minneota could be anywhere from C− to B.
Where people from Minneota work
Where Minneota clocks in
36% of workers
13% 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, not services: 34% of the jobs in Minneota
373 jobs are based in Minneota.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minneota, 2013 → 2023: 591 → 373. 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 Minneota’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 17 minutes in Minneota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minneota workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 689 commuters (the 5% 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.
In and out of Minneota on a workday
On a workday 577 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 322 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Minneota on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Minneota’s workers travel
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.
Minneota is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Minneota is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 729 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Minneota households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Minneota’s commuters take a bus or train.
Minneota next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 2,388th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,386 | French Settlement LA | 1,166 | $72K | 17.8% | 5.8% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,387 | Edgerton MN | 1,256 | $69K | 5.1% | 3.2% | 26% | C+ |
| 2,388 | Minneota MN | 1,357 | $74K | 6.7% | 2.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,389 | Washington Township IN | 1,366 | $82K | 11.9% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,390 | Watson NY | 1,767 | $69K | 8.6% | 2.7% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Minneota, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
How Minneota compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Minneota workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minneota | – | C+ | A− | 17 min | $74,091 |
| Eidsvold Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Westerheim Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eidsvold Township and Westerheim Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Minneota’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 Minneota: questions
What is the median household income in Minneota?
$74,091 (±$19,914) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minneota?
6.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minneota?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minneota work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (36%, 12 mi), Cottonwood (13%, 15 mi), Canby (2%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Minneota walkable?
Minneota is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minneota without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minneota, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minneota
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.