Work & commute · Clara

Work & commute in Clara, MN

About one in 5 of Clara’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Willmar (20%), Montevideo (6%) and Stoneham (3%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

133 of 592 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 459 Clara residents head out of town to work, 133 work right here, and 370 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clara.

459live here, work elsewhere

133live and work here

370work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clara goes to work

Clara City (in town)right here

22%133

Willmar18.8 mi away

20%117

Montevideo17 mi away

6%38

Stoneham4.4 mi away

3%19

Prinsburg9 mi away

3%18

Granite Falls13.4 mi away

2%12

Marshall40.8 mi away

2%11

Minneapolis102.6 mi away

2%9

Mankato87.4 mi away

1%8

Willmar16.4 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%219

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

How far

How far Clara commutes

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

32%

39%

21%

32%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clara is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Clara are

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

Jobs based in Clara

503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Clara residents hold

592 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−14%

Jobs based in Clara, 2013 → 2023: 586 → 503. 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.