Work & commute · Clearbrook

Work & commute in Clearbrook, MN

Most working residents leave Clearbrook for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (22%), Bagley (12%) and Leon (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

26 of 186 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 160 Clearbrook residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 537 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clearbrook.

160live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

537work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clearbrook goes to work

Bemidji29.3 mi away

22%41

Clearbrook (in town)right here

14%26

Bagley11.9 mi away

12%22

Leon2.7 mi away

5%10

Fosston16.9 mi away

4%8

Red Lake23.1 mi away

4%8

Thief River Falls45 mi away

3%5

Gonvick4.9 mi away

2%3

Fargo, ND87.2 mi away

2%3

Eckles22.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%57

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

How far

How far Clearbrook commutes

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

24%

32%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clearbrook is a job hub

3.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clearbrook are

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

Jobs based in Clearbrook

563 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Clearbrook residents hold

186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−17%

Jobs based in Clearbrook, 2013 → 2023: 679 → 563. 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.