Work & commute · Aurdal

Work & commute in Aurdal, MN

Most working residents leave Aurdal for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fergus Falls (56%), Fargo (3%) and Alexandria (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 712 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 699 Aurdal residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Aurdal.

699live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Aurdal goes to work

Fergus Falls6.3 mi away

56%396

Fargo, ND54.4 mi away

3%19

Alexandria42.9 mi away

2%17

Battle Lake12.7 mi away

2%13

Aurdal (in town)right here

2%13

Elbow Lake24.3 mi away

1%10

Wahpeton, ND30.9 mi away

1%10

Ottertail20.1 mi away

1%7

Carlisle12 mi away

1%7

Detroit Lakes32.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%214

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

How far

How far Aurdal commutes

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

61%

23%

61%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Aurdal is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Aurdal are

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

Jobs based in Aurdal

185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Aurdal residents hold

712 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+11%

Jobs based in Aurdal, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 185. 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.