Work & commute · Deerwood

Work & commute in Deerwood, MN

Most working residents leave Deerwood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Karlstad (15%), Hallock (13%) and Lancaster (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 57 Deerwood residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deerwood.

57live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deerwood goes to work

Karlstad3.8 mi away

15%9

Hallock19.8 mi away

13%8

Lancaster20.5 mi away

10%6

Thief River Falls38.5 mi away

10%6

Grand Forks, ND51.8 mi away

8%5

Fargo, ND120 mi away

5%3

Deerwood (in town)right here

5%3

Warren28.8 mi away

3%2

Medina284.4 mi away

3%2

Loretto281.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%15

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

How far

How far Deerwood commutes

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

22%

32%

22%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deerwood is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deerwood are

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

Jobs based in Deerwood

26 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Deerwood residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−58%

Jobs based in Deerwood, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 26. 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.