Most of Richville commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. Employers in Richville report 18 jobs, against 42 working residents. Hardly any stay in Richville for work; outside it, New York Mills is the main destination (21%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Richville
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 58 people are in Richville on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 Richville’s working residents head each day
Where Richville clocks in
21% of workers
12% 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.
Richville makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richville, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 18. 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 Richville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way for Richville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richville workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14 commuters (the 0% 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 Richville
About 31% 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.
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 Richville: questions
What is the median household income in Richville?
$56,250 (±$34,605) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richville?
38.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richville?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York Mills (21%, 12 mi), Perham (12%, 7 mi), Wadena (10%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Richville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 32% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richville
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.