Work & commute · Erskine

Work & commute in Erskine, MN

Most working residents leave Erskine for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (15%), Crookston (12%) and Knute (11%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 121 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 117 Erskine residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erskine.

117live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erskine goes to work

Thief River Falls31.8 mi away

15%18

Crookston28.5 mi away

12%14

Knute2.9 mi away

11%13

Fosston13.4 mi away

6%7

Fertile15.4 mi away

5%6

McIntosh6.3 mi away

4%5

Erskine (in town)right here

3%4

Mahnomen24.2 mi away

3%4

Red Lake Falls19.3 mi away

3%4

Lessor6.8 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%42

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

How far

How far Erskine commutes

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

24%

34%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erskine is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Erskine are

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

Jobs based in Erskine

152 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less75%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Erskine residents hold

121 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+3%

Jobs based in Erskine, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 152. 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.