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Work & commute · Bird Island

Work & commute in Bird Island, MN

Most working residents leave Bird Island for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Olivia (17%), Willmar (10%) and Redwood Falls (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
12%
56 of 484 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 428 Bird Island residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bird Island.

428live here, work elsewhere
56live and work here
186work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bird Island goes to work

DanubeFranklinFairfaxRenvilleBird IslandOliviaRedwood FallsHutchinsonWillmarSt. PaulMinneapolisEmmetNorfolkKingmanTroyBird IslandMelvilleOliviaWillmarRedwood FallsEmmetRenvilleHutchinsonNorfolkMinneapolisSt. PaulBird Island
1
Olivia5.1 mi away
17%81
2
Bird Island (in town)right here
12%56
3
Willmar25.9 mi away
10%46
4
Redwood Falls18.2 mi away
3%14
5
Emmet13.9 mi away
3%13
6
Renville15.3 mi away
2%12
7
Hutchinson26.7 mi away
2%12
8
Norfolk6.7 mi away
2%11
9
Minneapolis80.8 mi away
2%10
10
St. Paul88.6 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%220

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

How far

How far Bird Island commutes

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

37%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bird Island is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bird Island are

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

Jobs based in Bird Island

242 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Bird Island residents hold

484 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−42%

Jobs based in Bird Island, 2013 → 2023: 418 → 242. 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.

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