Work & commute · Deer

Work & commute in Deer, MN

Most working residents leave Deer for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Roseau (17%), Greenbush (11%) and Badger (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

6 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 30 Deer residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deer.

30live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

306work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deer goes to work

Roseau26.4 mi away

17%6

Deer (in town)right here

17%6

Greenbush7.7 mi away

11%4

Badger15.2 mi away

8%3

Warroad45.5 mi away

6%2

Grand Forks, ND61.9 mi away

6%2

Kennedy33 mi away

3%1

Karlstad14.8 mi away

3%1

Lancaster33.4 mi away

3%1

Thief River Falls33 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%9

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

How far

How far Deer commutes

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

28%

31%

22%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deer is a job hub

8.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deer are

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

Jobs based in Deer

312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Deer residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+70%

Jobs based in Deer, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 312. 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.