Work & commute · Gentilly

Work & commute in Gentilly, MN

Most working residents leave Gentilly for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fertile (26%), Crookston (25%) and Thief River Falls (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 120 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 116 Gentilly residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gentilly.

116live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gentilly goes to work

Fertile19.6 mi away

26%31

Crookston9.3 mi away

25%30

Thief River Falls24 mi away

5%6

Grand Forks, ND32.4 mi away

5%6

Fargo, ND67.6 mi away

3%4

Gentilly (in town)right here

3%4

Bemidji74.4 mi away

3%3

Warren31.8 mi away

2%2

Red Lake Falls8.6 mi away

2%2

Medina234.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%30

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

How far

How far Gentilly commutes

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

23%

42%

18%

23%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gentilly is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gentilly are

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

Jobs based in Gentilly

98 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Gentilly residents hold

120 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−47%

Jobs based in Gentilly, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 98. 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.