Work & commute · Fort Ripley

Work & commute in Fort Ripley, MN

Most working residents leave Fort Ripley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Brainerd (32%), Baxter (15%) and Little Falls (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 41 Fort Ripley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Ripley.

41live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Ripley goes to work

Brainerd15.3 mi away

32%13

Baxter13 mi away

15%6

Little Falls12.4 mi away

7%3

St. Paul103.9 mi away

5%2

Sylvan12.4 mi away

5%2

Pillager12.5 mi away

2%1

Onamia34.1 mi away

2%1

Pine River38.5 mi away

2%1

Arden Hills95.3 mi away

2%1

Nisswa23.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%10

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

How far

How far Fort Ripley commutes

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

71%

22%

0%Under 10 mi

71%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Ripley is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Ripley are

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

Jobs based in Fort Ripley

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less57%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Fort Ripley residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+56%

Jobs based in Fort Ripley, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 28. 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.