Work & commute · Dent

Work & commute in Dent, MN

Most working residents leave Dent for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fergus Falls (21%), Perham (13%) and Detroit Lakes (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 72 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 71 Dent residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dent.

71live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dent goes to work

Fergus Falls25.2 mi away

21%15

Perham7.4 mi away

13%9

Detroit Lakes18.6 mi away

7%5

Pelican Rapids17.5 mi away

6%4

Willmar103.9 mi away

6%4

Fargo, ND56.9 mi away

6%4

Rothsay27.5 mi away

3%2

New York Mills16.6 mi away

3%2

Star Lake4.3 mi away

3%2

Erhards Grove18.2 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%23

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

How far

How far Dent commutes

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

18%

28%

25%

29%

18%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dent is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dent are

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

Jobs based in Dent

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Dent residents hold

72 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+22%

Jobs based in Dent, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 22. 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.