Work & commute · Girard

Work & commute in Girard, MN

Most working residents leave Girard for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wadena (13%), Henning (7%) and Perham (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 303 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 302 Girard residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Girard.

302live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Girard goes to work

Wadena23.4 mi away

13%40

Henning7.1 mi away

7%20

Perham18.5 mi away

7%20

New York Mills16.6 mi away

6%18

Fergus Falls23.4 mi away

6%17

Alexandria33.1 mi away

5%15

Fargo, ND69.4 mi away

4%12

Willmar87.5 mi away

3%10

Ottertail6.9 mi away

3%9

Staples37 mi away

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%133

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

How far

How far Girard commutes

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

15%

37%

23%

26%

15%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Girard is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Girard are

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

Jobs based in Girard

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Girard residents hold

303 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−3%

Jobs based in Girard, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 38. 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.