Work & commute · Big Woods

Work & commute in Big Woods, MN

Most working residents leave Big Woods for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Warren (24%), Thief River Falls (18%) and Fargo (12%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 17 Big Woods residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Woods.

17live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Big Woods goes to work

Warren17.1 mi away

24%4

Thief River Falls44.1 mi away

18%3

Fargo, ND102.1 mi away

12%2

Tamarac11.9 mi away

12%2

Argyle11.9 mi away

6%1

Grand Forks, ND28.6 mi away

6%1

Sinnott15.6 mi away

6%1

North43.5 mi away

6%1

Oak Park7 mi away

6%1

St. Andrews, ND12.4 mi away

6%1

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

How far

How far Big Woods commutes

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

53%

29%

12%

6%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Big Woods is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Woods are

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

Jobs based in Big Woods

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Big Woods residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+375%

Jobs based in Big Woods, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 19. 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.