Work & commute · Bellingham

Work & commute in Bellingham, MN

Most working residents leave Bellingham for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (12%), Canby (8%) and Dawson (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 59 Bellingham residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bellingham.

59live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

50work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bellingham goes to work

Madison9.7 mi away

12%7

Canby29.1 mi away

8%5

Dawson18.3 mi away

5%3

Marshall53.3 mi away

5%3

Milbank, SD18 mi away

5%3

Arena8.1 mi away

5%3

Ortonville13.8 mi away

3%2

North Mankato128.4 mi away

3%2

Riverside17.8 mi away

3%2

Hantho11.6 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%28

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

How far

How far Bellingham commutes

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

23%

28%

17%

32%

23%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bellingham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bellingham are

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

Jobs based in Bellingham

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities71%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bellingham residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+467%

Jobs based in Bellingham, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 51. 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.