Work & commute · Chief

Work & commute in Chief, MN

Most working residents leave Chief for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mahnomen (42%), Detroit Lakes (6%) and Crookston (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 64 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 64 Chief residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chief.

64live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chief goes to work

Mahnomen5.5 mi away

42%27

Detroit Lakes39.1 mi away

6%4

Crookston43.5 mi away

5%3

Minneapolis208.4 mi away

3%2

Grand Forks, ND67.4 mi away

3%2

Pembina9.2 mi away

3%2

Waubun13.3 mi away

2%1

Twin Valley19.1 mi away

2%1

Bagley25 mi away

2%1

Staples85.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%20

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

How far

How far Chief commutes

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

45%

14%

27%

45%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chief is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chief are

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

Jobs based in Chief

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Chief residents hold

64 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

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.