Work & commute · Badger

Work & commute in Badger, MN

Most working residents leave Badger for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Crookston (17%), Thief River Falls (15%) and Fosston (11%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47 Badger residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Badger.

47live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Badger goes to work

Crookston27.7 mi away

17%8

Thief River Falls28.9 mi away

15%7

Fosston14.9 mi away

11%5

Mahnomen27.2 mi away

9%4

Knute5.8 mi away

6%3

McIntosh7.7 mi away

4%2

Mentor5.9 mi away

4%2

Fertile17.3 mi away

4%2

Winger11.8 mi away

2%1

Erskine3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%12

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

How far

How far Badger commutes

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

19%

26%

45%

11%

19%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Badger 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 Badger are

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

Jobs based in Badger

3 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 month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Badger residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−25%

Jobs based in Badger, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 3. 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.