Work & commute · Blowers

Work & commute in Blowers, MN

Most working residents leave Blowers for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Perham (48%), Detroit Lakes (7%) and Gorman (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 175 Blowers residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blowers.

175live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blowers goes to work

Perham17.2 mi away

48%85

Detroit Lakes33.8 mi away

7%12

Gorman19.3 mi away

7%12

New York Mills8.4 mi away

3%6

Breckenridge68.6 mi away

2%4

Fergus Falls45.6 mi away

2%4

Perham18.3 mi away

2%4

Moorhead75 mi away

2%3

Minneapolis145.9 mi away

2%3

Fargo, ND78.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%40

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

How far

How far Blowers commutes

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

66%

11%

20%

2%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blowers is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blowers are

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

Jobs based in Blowers

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)94%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Blowers residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−6%

Jobs based in Blowers, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 16. 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.