Work & commute · Eckles

Work & commute in Eckles, MN

Most working residents leave Eckles for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (48%), Red Lake (4%) and Cass Lake (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 999 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 981 Eckles residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 250 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eckles.

981live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

250work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eckles goes to work

Bemidji7.1 mi away

48%483

Red Lake22.2 mi away

4%37

Cass Lake22.2 mi away

2%23

Northern7 mi away

2%20

Fargo, ND97.9 mi away

2%19

Eckles (in town)right here

2%18

Grand Forks, ND100.2 mi away

2%16

Bemidji10 mi away

2%16

Bagley18.7 mi away

1%14

Wilton2.9 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%340

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

How far

How far Eckles commutes

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

57%

13%

25%

57%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eckles is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eckles are

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

Jobs based in Eckles

268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Eckles residents hold

999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+103%

Jobs based in Eckles, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 268. 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.