Work & commute · Candor

Work & commute in Candor, MN

Most working residents leave Candor for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit Lakes (20%), Perham (9%) and Pelican Rapids (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 223 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 221 Candor residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Candor.

221live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Candor goes to work

Detroit Lakes9.1 mi away

20%45

Perham14.4 mi away

9%21

Pelican Rapids13 mi away

9%19

Fergus Falls28.9 mi away

6%14

Fargo, ND47.7 mi away

6%14

Vergas3.4 mi away

3%7

Dunn5.5 mi away

3%7

Moorhead43.8 mi away

2%5

Audubon14.3 mi away

1%3

New York Mills25.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%85

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

How far

How far Candor commutes

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

19%

38%

19%

24%

19%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Candor is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Candor are

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

Jobs based in Candor

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Candor residents hold

223 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+107%

Jobs based in Candor, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 29. 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.