Work & commute · Clarkfield

Work & commute in Clarkfield, MN

Most working residents leave Clarkfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (17%), Canby (10%) and Granite Falls (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 359 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 337 Clarkfield residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarkfield.

337live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarkfield goes to work

Marshall23.6 mi away

17%60

Canby23.2 mi away

10%37

Granite Falls13.1 mi away

7%26

Clarkfield (in town)right here

6%22

Montevideo11.9 mi away

6%20

Porter20.5 mi away

4%14

Minneapolis124.9 mi away

4%14

Cottonwood13.8 mi away

2%7

Dawson15.3 mi away

2%7

Minneota17.9 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%146

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

How far

How far Clarkfield commutes

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

63%

22%

9%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarkfield is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarkfield are

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

Jobs based in Clarkfield

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Clarkfield residents hold

359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−52%

Jobs based in Clarkfield, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 126. 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.