Work & commute · Bagley

Work & commute in Bagley, MN

About one in 3 of Bagley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (17%), Fosston (3%) and Thief River Falls (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

187 of 573 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 386 Bagley residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 1,189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bagley.

386live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

1,189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bagley goes to work

Bagley (in town)right here

33%187

Bemidji24.4 mi away

17%97

Fosston16.8 mi away

3%18

Thief River Falls54.2 mi away

3%15

Clearbrook11.9 mi away

2%14

Popple4.1 mi away

2%11

Fargo, ND81 mi away

2%10

Mahnomen30.1 mi away

1%8

Grand Forks, ND82.9 mi away

1%7

McIntosh23.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%200

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

How far

How far Bagley commutes

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

37%

28%

27%

37%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bagley is a job hub

2.40jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bagley are

1,376 jobs are based in Bagley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bagley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bagley

1,376 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bagley residents hold

573 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+9%

Jobs based in Bagley, 2013 → 2023: 1,268 → 1,376. 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.