Work & commute · Browerville

Work & commute in Browerville, MN

Most working residents leave Browerville for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Long Prairie (18%), Staples (7%) and Motley (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

40 of 369 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 329 Browerville residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Browerville.

329live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

289work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Browerville goes to work

Long Prairie7.3 mi away

18%68

Browerville (in town)right here

11%40

Staples20.3 mi away

7%26

Motley20.5 mi away

5%19

Wadena28.3 mi away

4%14

St. Cloud50.8 mi away

4%14

Little Falls25.3 mi away

4%13

Long Prairie7.7 mi away

3%11

Alexandria28.3 mi away

2%9

Paynesville49 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%148

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

How far

How far Browerville commutes

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

36%

22%

26%

17%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Browerville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Browerville are

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

Jobs based in Browerville

329 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Browerville residents hold

369 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+37%

Jobs based in Browerville, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 329. 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.