Work & commute · Ericson

Work & commute in Ericson, MN

Most working residents leave Ericson for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Granite Falls (12%), Emmet (8%) and Renville (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 101 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 98 Ericson residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ericson.

98live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ericson goes to work

Granite Falls12.5 mi away

12%12

Emmet8.5 mi away

8%8

Renville6 mi away

7%7

Olivia15.4 mi away

7%7

Willmar22 mi away

7%7

Minneapolis99.4 mi away

5%5

Sacred Heart5.5 mi away

4%4

Montevideo21.8 mi away

3%3

Minnesota Falls14.4 mi away

3%3

Ericson (in town)right here

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%42

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

How far

How far Ericson commutes

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

26%

41%

27%

26%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ericson 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 Ericson are

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

Jobs based in Ericson

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Ericson residents hold

101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+59%

Jobs based in Ericson, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 27. 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.