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Jobs & commute in Trommald

Trommald has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Trommald has 1 jobs, against 34 working residents. Hardly any work in Trommald itself; outside it, Crosby draws the most (12%, 4 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who commutes out of Trommald, and who commutes in

On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

34live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday80
110live here− 34head out to work+ 1come in to work= 80on a workday

About 80 people are in Trommald on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Trommald to work: where people go

IrontonDeerwood: 2 residents work here (6%)North St. Paul: 1 residents work here (3%)Crosby: 4 residents work here (12%)Aitkin: 2 residents work here (6%)TrommaldJenkins: 1 residents work here (3%)Staples: 1 residents work here (3%)Golden Valley: 1 residents work here (3%)Brainerd: 3 residents work here (9%)Baxter: 4 residents work here (12%)St. Cloud: 2 residents work here (6%)Irondale TownshipWolford TownshipCrosbyBaxterBrainerdDeerwoodAitkinSt. CloudTrommald
1
Crosby3.5 mi away
12%4
2
Baxter16.8 mi away
12%4
3
Brainerd13.7 mi away
9%3
4
Deerwood6.2 mi away
6%2
5
Aitkin14.8 mi away
6%2
6
St. Cloud68.2 mi away
6%2
7
North St. Paul114.2 mi away
3%1
8
Jenkins17.9 mi away
3%1
9
Staples39.2 mi away
3%1
10
Golden Valley109.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%13
The top trips

Where Trommald clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Services make up most of the work in Trommald

Jobs based in TrommaldJobs Trommald residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%38%
Trade, transport & utilities0%12%
Services: health, schools, offices100%50%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%26%
Over $3,333 a month0%50%

Who does it

29 or younger0%29%
30 to 540%47%
55 and older100%24%

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 Trommald’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

A commute of about 29 minutes in Trommald

A year of commuting
219 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Trommald29 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Trommald workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Trommald gets to work
90%Drive alone
3%Carpool
8%Other

Share of the 39 commuters (the 9% 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

How far Trommald’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCrosby: 12% · 3.5 miBaxter: 12% · 16.8 miBrainerd: 9% · 13.7 miDeerwood: 6% · 6.2 miAitkin: 6% · 14.8 miSt. Cloud: 6% · 68.2 miNorth St. Paul: 3% · 114.2 miJenkins: 3% · 17.9 miStaples: 3% · 39.2 miGolden Valley: 3% · 109.5 miCrosby 12%Baxter 12%Brainerd 9%Deerwood 6%Aitkin 6%Trommald
TrommaldTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi7 residents
35%10–24 mi12 residents
6%25–50 mi2 residents
38%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 38% 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.

Next door

Around Trommald: the bordering towns

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Wolford Township21 min
Trommald29 min
Irondale Township29 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownTrommald workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Trommald–——29 min$53,625
Irondale Townshipunder 3%B−C29 min$86,591
Wolford Townshipunder 3%——21 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Wolford Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Trommald’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Trommald: questions

What is the median household income in Trommald?

$53,625 (±$5,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Trommald?

13.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Trommald?

29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Trommald work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crosby (12%, 4 mi), Baxter (12%, 17 mi), Brainerd (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Trommald without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Trommald, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Trommald

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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.