Nimrod has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
11% of workers have no commute at all, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Nimrod has 9 jobs; 37 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Nimrod; the top destination outside it is Menahga (30%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Nimrod for work, and who comes in
On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53 people are in Nimrod on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where people from Nimrod work
Where Nimrod clocks in
30% of workers
19% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nimrod, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 9. 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 Nimrod’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Nimrod: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nimrod workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 commuters (the 11% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Nimrod
About 16% 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.
Nimrod and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nimrod workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nimrod | – | — | — | 30 min | $117,500 |
| Orton Township | under 3% | — | — | 56 min | — |
| Lyons Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Orton Township and Lyons Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nimrod’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 Nimrod: questions
What is the median household income in Nimrod?
$117,500 (±$102,891) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nimrod?
2.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nimrod?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nimrod work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Menahga (30%, 13 mi), Park Rapids (19%, 21 mi), Straight River Township (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nimrod 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 Nimrod, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nimrod
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.