Work & commute · Eagle Valley

Work & commute in Eagle Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Eagle Valley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Long Prairie (11%), Alexandria (10%) and Wadena (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 169 Eagle Valley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle Valley.

169live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle Valley goes to work

Long Prairie13.1 mi away

11%19

Alexandria27.6 mi away

10%18

Wadena22 mi away

6%10

Eagle Bend3.7 mi away

5%9

Browerville6.6 mi away

3%6

Long Prairie13.8 mi away

3%6

Bertha9.4 mi away

3%5

Clarissa1.6 mi away

2%4

Osakis21.8 mi away

2%4

Little Falls31.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%87

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

How far

How far Eagle Valley commutes

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

19%

31%

23%

27%

19%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle Valley is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle Valley are

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

Jobs based in Eagle Valley

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Eagle Valley residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−19%

Jobs based in Eagle Valley, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 35. 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.