Work & commute · Darwin

Work & commute in Darwin, MN

Most working residents leave Darwin for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Litchfield (18%), Hutchinson (7%) and Watkins (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 300 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 294 Darwin residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darwin.

294live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darwin goes to work

Litchfield3.9 mi away

18%53

Hutchinson16.3 mi away

7%20

Watkins13.9 mi away

6%17

St. Cloud31.4 mi away

5%15

Willmar29.9 mi away

3%10

Cokato12.9 mi away

3%9

Minneapolis58.5 mi away

3%8

Eden Valley15.2 mi away

2%7

Plymouth48.4 mi away

2%7

Litchfield7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%148

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

How far

How far Darwin commutes

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

26%

30%

24%

20%

26%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darwin is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Darwin are

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

Jobs based in Darwin

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Darwin residents hold

300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+142%

Jobs based in Darwin, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 174. 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.