Work & commute · Fertile

Work & commute in Fertile, MN

About one in 5 of Fertile’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Crookston (21%), Thief River Falls (6%) and Fargo (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

85 of 425 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 340 Fertile residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fertile.

340live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fertile goes to work

Crookston22.6 mi away

21%90

Fertile (in town)right here

20%85

Thief River Falls40.4 mi away

6%26

Fargo, ND52.7 mi away

6%24

Grand Forks, ND46.1 mi away

5%22

Garfield2 mi away

4%19

Gentilly19.6 mi away

3%12

Medina215.6 mi away

2%9

Liberty4.8 mi away

2%8

Red Lake Falls24.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%123

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

How far

How far Fertile commutes

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

27%

35%

16%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fertile is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fertile are

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

Jobs based in Fertile

428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Fertile residents hold

425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

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Jobs based in Fertile, 2013 → 2023: 429 → 428. 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.