Riverton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Riverton has 3 jobs, against 42 working residents. Hardly any work in Riverton itself; outside it, Brainerd draws the most (36%, 10 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Riverton, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 42 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 72 people are in Riverton 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 Riverton goes to work
Where Riverton clocks in
36% 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.
In Riverton, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverton, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 3. 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 Riverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Riverton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverton workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Riverton
About 29% 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.
Riverton and its neighbors: 14% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverton | – | — | — | 26 min | $55,313 |
| Irondale Township | under 3% | B− | C | 29 min | $86,591 |
| Oak Lawn Township | 14% | C+ | C | 21 min | $85,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oak Lawn Township. Darker towns draw more of Riverton’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 Riverton: questions
What is the median household income in Riverton?
$55,313 (±$27,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverton?
7.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brainerd (36%, 10 mi), Oak Lawn Township (14%, 7 mi), Baxter (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Riverton 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 Riverton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverton
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.