Work & commute · Emmet

Work & commute in Emmet, MN

Most working residents leave Emmet for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Redwood Falls (16%), Renville (12%) and Willmar (12%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 94 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 86 Emmet residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 625 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emmet.

86live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

625work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emmet goes to work

Redwood Falls15.1 mi away

16%15

Renville2.6 mi away

12%11

Willmar25.7 mi away

12%11

Emmet (in town)right here

9%8

Morton17.1 mi away

3%3

Olivia8.9 mi away

3%3

Franklin21.4 mi away

2%2

Prinsburg12.2 mi away

2%2

Hector22.9 mi away

2%2

Montevideo29.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%35

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

How far

How far Emmet commutes

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

30%

45%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emmet is a job hub

6.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

6.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Emmet are

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

Jobs based in Emmet

633 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)76%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Emmet residents hold

94 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+17%

Jobs based in Emmet, 2013 → 2023: 541 → 633. 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.