Work & commute · Dunnell

Work & commute in Dunnell, MN

Most working residents leave Dunnell for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmont (33%), Estherville (5%) and Sherburn (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

49 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 56 Dunnell residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunnell.

56live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunnell goes to work

Fairmont16.6 mi away

33%19

Estherville, IA11.5 mi away

5%3

Sherburn6.9 mi away

4%2

Marshall79.4 mi away

4%2

Bloomington113.7 mi away

4%2

Eagan117.9 mi away

4%2

Sioux Falls, SD98 mi away

4%2

Rolling Green11.6 mi away

4%2

Silver Lake17.2 mi away

4%2

East Chain23.4 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%19

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

How far

How far Dunnell commutes

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

53%

30%

9%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunnell is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunnell are

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

Jobs based in Dunnell

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Dunnell residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−5%

Jobs based in Dunnell, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 42. 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.