Bridge No. L-2162 · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Rose Dell Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Rose Dell Township report 25 jobs, and 70 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Rose Dell Township itself; outside it, Luverne draws the most (33%, 13 miles). The average commute, 23 minutes each way, matches the Minnesota norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Rose Dell Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Rose Dell Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Rose Dell Township goes to work
Where Rose Dell Township clocks in
33% of workers
9% 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: 84% of the jobs in Rose Dell Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rose Dell Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 25. 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 Rose Dell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Rose Dell Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rose Dell Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 commuters (the 21% 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.
How far Rose Dell Township’s workers travel
About 23% 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.
Around Rose Dell Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rose Dell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose Dell Township | – | — | — | 23 min | $88,958 |
| Springwater Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Denver Township | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Jasper | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Eden Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Springwater Township, Denver Township, Jasper and Eden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rose Dell Township’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 Rose Dell Township: questions
What is the median household income in Rose Dell Township?
$88,958 (±$17,291) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rose Dell Township?
13.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rose Dell Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rose Dell Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Luverne (33%, 13 mi), Sioux Falls (11%, 26 mi), Edgerton (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rose Dell Township 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 Rose Dell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rose Dell Township
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.