Work & commute · Audubon

Work & commute in Audubon, MN

Most working residents leave Audubon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit Lakes (36%), Fargo (14%) and West Fargo (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 237 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 225 Audubon residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 287 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Audubon.

225live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

287work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Audubon goes to work

Detroit Lakes7.6 mi away

36%85

Fargo, ND39.9 mi away

14%33

Audubon (in town)right here

5%12

West Fargo, ND43.5 mi away

3%8

Moorhead35.9 mi away

3%6

Hawley16 mi away

2%5

Lake Eunice7.6 mi away

2%5

Perham26.6 mi away

2%4

Bemidji67.2 mi away

2%4

Lake Park6.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%71

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

How far

How far Audubon commutes

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

47%

26%

19%

47%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Audubon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Audubon are

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

Jobs based in Audubon

299 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Audubon residents hold

237 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+12%

Jobs based in Audubon, 2013 → 2023: 267 → 299. 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.