Work & commute · Birch Cooley

Work & commute in Birch Cooley, MN

Most working residents leave Birch Cooley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Redwood Falls (15%), Renville (14%) and Willmar (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 109 Birch Cooley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Birch Cooley.

109live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Birch Cooley goes to work

Redwood Falls8.1 mi away

15%16

Renville20.6 mi away

14%15

Willmar39.1 mi away

7%8

Emmet18 mi away

7%8

Olivia15.2 mi away

6%6

Morton2.3 mi away

5%5

Minneapolis86.5 mi away

4%4

Beaver Falls6 mi away

4%4

Sherman5 mi away

3%3

Minnetonka77 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%38

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

How far

How far Birch Cooley commutes

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

25%

43%

13%

19%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Birch Cooley is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Birch Cooley are

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

Jobs based in Birch Cooley

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Birch Cooley residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+123%

Jobs based in Birch Cooley, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 29. 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.