Work & commute · Aastad

Work & commute in Aastad, MN

Most working residents leave Aastad for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fergus Falls (65%), Dane Prairie (3%) and Dalton (1%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 79 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 79 Aastad residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aastad.

79live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aastad goes to work

Fergus Falls8.1 mi away

65%51

Dane Prairie8.5 mi away

3%2

Dalton7.5 mi away

1%1

Brandon26.8 mi away

1%1

Ashby13.1 mi away

1%1

Underwood12.8 mi away

1%1

Urbank27.1 mi away

1%1

Battle Lake18.7 mi away

1%1

Elbow Lake13.1 mi away

1%1

Wheaton32.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%18

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Aastad commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

46%

33%

18%

46%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aastad is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.16 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Aastad are

13 jobs are based in Aastad. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aastad’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Aastad

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Aastad residents hold

79 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+160%

Jobs based in Aastad, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 13. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.