Work & commute · Farden

Work & commute in Farden, MN

Most working residents leave Farden for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (44%), Cass Lake (7%) and Pike Bay (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 544 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 532 Farden residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farden.

532live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farden goes to work

Bemidji10.1 mi away

44%238

Cass Lake6.9 mi away

7%37

Pike Bay6.3 mi away

3%19

Walker20.9 mi away

3%17

Farden (in town)right here

2%12

Northern13 mi away

2%11

Bemidji7.2 mi away

2%10

Red Lake36.4 mi away

2%10

Laporte10.9 mi away

1%7

Park Rapids34.8 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%176

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

How far

How far Farden commutes

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

34%

42%

10%

15%

34%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farden is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farden are

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

Jobs based in Farden

184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Farden residents hold

544 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+10%

Jobs based in Farden, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 184. 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.