Work & commute · Dane Prairie

Work & commute in Dane Prairie, MN

Most working residents leave Dane Prairie for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fergus Falls (53%), Elbow Lake (4%) and Alexandria (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 423 Dane Prairie residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dane Prairie.

423live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dane Prairie goes to work

Fergus Falls7 mi away

53%227

Elbow Lake18 mi away

4%15

Alexandria37.2 mi away

3%11

Fargo, ND60 mi away

2%9

Battle Lake10.8 mi away

2%8

Detroit Lakes38.9 mi away

2%8

Underwood4.3 mi away

2%7

Ottertail21.6 mi away

1%5

Minneapolis156.6 mi away

1%5

Wahpeton, ND32.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%127

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

How far

How far Dane Prairie commutes

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

58%

10%

11%

21%

58%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dane Prairie is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dane Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Dane Prairie

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Dane Prairie residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−34%

Jobs based in Dane Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 105. 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.