Work & commute · Blueberry

Work & commute in Blueberry, MN

Most working residents leave Blueberry for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Menahga (21%), Park Rapids (18%) and Wadena (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 309 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 305 Blueberry residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blueberry.

305live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blueberry goes to work

Menahga1.6 mi away

21%66

Park Rapids9.9 mi away

18%57

Wadena22.8 mi away

6%17

Perham25.7 mi away

3%9

New York Mills21.9 mi away

2%7

Sebeka10.2 mi away

2%7

Staples31.1 mi away

2%6

Straight River4.6 mi away

2%6

Detroit Lakes35.3 mi away

2%5

Alexandria63.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%124

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

How far

How far Blueberry commutes

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

36%

28%

11%

25%

36%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blueberry is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blueberry are

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

Jobs based in Blueberry

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Blueberry residents hold

309 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−40%

Jobs based in Blueberry, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 55. 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.