Work & commute · Eagle Bend

Work & commute in Eagle Bend, MN

Most working residents leave Eagle Bend for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Long Prairie (9%), Alexandria (8%) and Clarissa (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 190 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 177 Eagle Bend residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle Bend.

177live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle Bend goes to work

Long Prairie15.5 mi away

9%18

Alexandria25.8 mi away

8%16

Eagle Bend (in town)right here

7%13

Clarissa4.8 mi away

6%11

Wadena20 mi away

4%7

Browerville10 mi away

3%5

Parkers Prairie14.1 mi away

3%5

Staples17.8 mi away

3%5

Marshall124.1 mi away

2%4

Long Prairie16.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%102

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

How far

How far Eagle Bend commutes

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

20%

35%

15%

30%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle Bend is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle Bend are

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

Jobs based in Eagle Bend

145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Eagle Bend residents hold

190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−6%

Jobs based in Eagle Bend, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 145. 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.