Work & commute · Atherton

Work & commute in Atherton, MN

Most working residents leave Atherton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wahpeton (17%), Breckenridge (8%) and Barnesville (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 63 Atherton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Atherton.

63live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Atherton goes to work

Wahpeton, ND22.8 mi away

17%11

Breckenridge22.9 mi away

8%5

Barnesville5 mi away

6%4

Rothsay11.7 mi away

5%3

Fergus Falls28 mi away

5%3

West Fargo, ND28 mi away

5%3

Marshall151.3 mi away

3%2

Edina190.2 mi away

3%2

Fargo, ND25.7 mi away

3%2

Nilsen18 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%26

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

How far

How far Atherton commutes

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

44%

21%

29%

6%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Atherton is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Atherton are

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

Jobs based in Atherton

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Atherton residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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.