Work & commute · Gorman

Work & commute in Gorman, MN

Most working residents leave Gorman for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Perham (27%), Detroit Lakes (15%) and New York Mills (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 228 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 219 Gorman residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 429 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gorman.

219live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

429work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gorman goes to work

Perham5.5 mi away

27%62

Detroit Lakes14.8 mi away

15%34

New York Mills15.3 mi away

5%12

Gorman (in town)right here

4%9

Fargo, ND59.7 mi away

4%8

Frazee6.1 mi away

3%6

Hobart7.3 mi away

2%5

Wadena27.5 mi away

2%4

Fergus Falls35.5 mi away

2%4

Audubon22.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%81

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

How far

How far Gorman commutes

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

41%

30%

10%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gorman is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gorman are

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

Jobs based in Gorman

438 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Gorman residents hold

228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+1269%

Jobs based in Gorman, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 438. 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.