Work & commute · Erhards Grove

Work & commute in Erhards Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Erhards Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fergus Falls (29%), Perham (10%) and Pelican Rapids (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 172 Erhards Grove residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erhards Grove.

172live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erhards Grove goes to work

Fergus Falls15.8 mi away

29%50

Perham25.4 mi away

10%17

Pelican Rapids4 mi away

8%14

Detroit Lakes23.6 mi away

4%7

Rothsay9.3 mi away

3%6

Willmar108.4 mi away

3%5

Fargo, ND42.4 mi away

3%5

New York Mills34.5 mi away

2%4

Alexandria55.8 mi away

2%4

Erhards Grove (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%60

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

How far

How far Erhards Grove commutes

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

15%

43%

20%

22%

15%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erhards Grove is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Erhards Grove are

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

Jobs based in Erhards Grove

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Erhards Grove residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+51%

Jobs based in Erhards Grove, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 83. 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.