Work & commute · Browns Valley

Work & commute in Browns Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Browns Valley for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Wheaton (10%), Sisseton (10%) and Fargo (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

37 of 193 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 156 Browns Valley residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Browns Valley.

156live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Browns Valley goes to work

Browns Valley (in town)right here

19%37

Wheaton21.8 mi away

10%19

Sisseton, SD11.3 mi away

10%19

Fargo, ND87.7 mi away

6%11

Morris44.8 mi away

5%9

Graceville19.2 mi away

4%7

Bryant, SD7.4 mi away

3%6

Greendale, ND26.6 mi away

3%5

Dumont21.5 mi away

2%3

Chokio31.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%74

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

How far

How far Browns Valley commutes

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

26%

33%

16%

26%

26%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Browns Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Browns Valley are

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

Jobs based in Browns Valley

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Browns Valley residents hold

193 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−5%

Jobs based in Browns Valley, 2013 → 2023: 185 → 175. 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.