Work & commute · Equality

Work & commute in Equality, MN

Most working residents leave Equality for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (28%), Oklee (13%) and Fargo (13%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 79 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

52 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 78 Equality residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Equality.

78live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Equality goes to work

Thief River Falls24.1 mi away

28%22

Oklee5.8 mi away

13%10

Fargo, ND87.2 mi away

13%10

Red Lake Falls23.6 mi away

8%6

Crookston40 mi away

3%2

Goodridge17 mi away

1%1

Halstad62.3 mi away

1%1

Erskine20.1 mi away

1%1

Lake Park71.9 mi away

1%1

Warren50.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%24

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

How far

How far Equality commutes

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

15%

30%

19%

35%

15%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Equality is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Equality are

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

Jobs based in Equality

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Equality residents hold

79 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+9%

Jobs based in Equality, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 12. 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.