Work & commute · Evergreen

Work & commute in Evergreen, MN

Most working residents leave Evergreen for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit Lakes (39%), Perham (7%) and Fargo (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 175 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 174 Evergreen residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Evergreen.

174live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Evergreen goes to work

Detroit Lakes17.4 mi away

39%68

Perham11.4 mi away

7%12

Fargo, ND63.9 mi away

5%8

Frazee10.3 mi away

4%7

Erie14.5 mi away

3%6

Toad Lake7.1 mi away

3%5

West Fargo, ND67.4 mi away

2%4

Bagley53.4 mi away

2%3

Ulen42.7 mi away

1%2

New York Mills17.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%58

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

How far

How far Evergreen commutes

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

10%

59%

29%

10%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Evergreen is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Evergreen are

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

Jobs based in Evergreen

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)96%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Evergreen residents hold

175 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−89%

Jobs based in Evergreen, 2013 → 2023: 230 → 25. 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.