Work & commute · Darfur

Work & commute in Darfur, MN

Most working residents leave Darfur for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madelia (28%), St. James (11%) and New Ulm (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 46 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 45 Darfur residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darfur.

45live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darfur goes to work

Madelia20.8 mi away

28%13

St. James11.6 mi away

11%5

New Ulm25.6 mi away

9%4

Mankato43.5 mi away

7%3

Lake Crystal30.9 mi away

4%2

Marshall54.4 mi away

4%2

Lake Mills, IA78.6 mi away

2%1

Darfur (in town)right here

2%1

Truman25.3 mi away

2%1

Slayton45.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%13

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

How far

How far Darfur commutes

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

50%

28%

20%

2%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darfur is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Darfur are

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

Jobs based in Darfur

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Darfur residents hold

46 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+229%

Jobs based in Darfur, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 23. 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.