Work & commute · Carlos

Work & commute in Carlos, MN

Most working residents leave Carlos for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (49%), Carlos (3%) and La Grand (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 263 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 259 Carlos residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlos.

259live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlos goes to work

Alexandria7.8 mi away

49%128

Carlos2.2 mi away

3%7

La Grand9.7 mi away

2%6

Sauk Centre23.1 mi away

2%5

Detroit Lakes63.4 mi away

2%5

Minneapolis120.4 mi away

2%5

Carlos (in town)right here

2%4

Glenwood21.8 mi away

2%4

Garfield10.2 mi away

1%3

Parkers Prairie12.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%93

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

How far

How far Carlos commutes

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

59%

13%

26%

59%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlos is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlos are

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

Jobs based in Carlos

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Carlos residents hold

263 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+21%

Jobs based in Carlos, 2013 → 2023: 261 → 317. 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.