Households in New Richland earn less than those in 63% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 7.4% of residents, against 9.3% across Minnesota. New Richland grades C+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 6% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: New Richland in brief
New Richland workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside New Richland
62% of New Richland residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in New Richland pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 498 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: New Richland’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, New Richland is better than 41% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds New Richland’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: New Richland’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, New Richland could be anywhere from C− to B.
Getting to work from New Richland takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Richland workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 551 commuters (the 6% 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.
What work there is in New Richland: 309 jobs
309 jobs are based in New Richland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Richland, 2014 → 2024: 311 → 309. 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 New Richland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves New Richland for work, and who comes in
On a workday 446 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 257 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in New Richland on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.62 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 2024, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Owatonna
Where New Richland clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
How many miles New Richland commutes
About 25% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: New Richland
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Richland is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place New Richland near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 587 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). 4.8% of New Richland households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of New Richland’s commuters take a bus or train.
How New Richland ranks: 1,846th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,844 | Minong WI | 1,029 | $75K | 5.4% | 5.5% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,845 | Grand Canyon Village AZ | 1,599 | $73K | 13.2% | 1.5% | 25% | C+ |
| 1,846 | New Richland MN | 1,194 | $67K | 7.4% | 0.8% | 10% | C+ |
| 1,847 | Gallitzin PA | 1,465 | $56K | 7.4% | 4.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,848 | Spring Valley Township KS | 1,004 | $86K | 13.8% | 4.0% | 0% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 New Richland, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
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 New Richland: questions
What is the median household income in New Richland?
$67,000 (±$12,731) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Richland?
7.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Richland?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Richland work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owatonna (13%, 19 mi), Waseca (12%, 13 mi), Mankato (10%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is New Richland walkable?
New Richland is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Richland without a car?
1% 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 New Richland, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Richland
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. 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.