Work & commute · Dunn

Work & commute in Dunn, MN

Most working residents leave Dunn for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit Lakes (28%), Pelican Rapids (10%) and Perham (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 322 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 307 Dunn residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunn.

307live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunn goes to work

Detroit Lakes11 mi away

28%89

Pelican Rapids9 mi away

10%33

Perham19.7 mi away

7%24

Fargo, ND42.3 mi away

5%15

Dunn (in town)right here

5%15

Fergus Falls27.5 mi away

4%13

Vergas8.5 mi away

2%8

Willmar116.2 mi away

2%8

Moorhead38.6 mi away

2%7

Duluth182.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%104

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

How far

How far Dunn commutes

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

21%

46%

14%

19%

21%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunn 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 Dunn are

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

Jobs based in Dunn

162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Dunn residents hold

322 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+80%

Jobs based in Dunn, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 162. 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.