Work & commute · Garnes

Work & commute in Garnes, MN

Most working residents leave Garnes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (35%), Oklee (10%) and Red Lake Falls (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 83 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 83 Garnes residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garnes.

83live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Garnes goes to work

ErskineOkleeMcIntoshRed Lake FallsPlummerCrookstonThief River FallsWest FargoMayfieldKnuteRed Lake FallsLambertPoplar RiverEmardvilleEqualityGarnesWyandotteThief River FallsOkleeRed Lake FallsCrookstonErskineMcIntoshWest FargoKnuteRed Lake FallsPoplar RiverGarnes
135%29
2
Oklee5.3 mi away
10%8
3
Red Lake Falls17.2 mi away
8%7
4
Crookston33.9 mi away
5%4
5
Erskine17.6 mi away
2%2
6
McIntosh18.6 mi away
2%2
7
West Fargo, ND86.3 mi away
2%2
8
Knute20.2 mi away
2%2
9
Red Lake Falls18 mi away
2%2
10
Poplar River9.3 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
28%23

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

How far

How far Garnes commutes

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

16%Under 10 mi
63%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Garnes is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garnes are

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

Jobs based in Garnes

2 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)100%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Garnes residents hold

83 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities31%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−50%

Jobs based in Garnes, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 2. 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.

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