Work & commute · Grand Prairie

Work & commute in Grand Prairie, MN

Most working residents leave Grand Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Worthington (32%), Ellsworth (9%) and Worthington (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 90 Grand Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Prairie.

90live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Prairie goes to work

Worthington20 mi away

32%29

Ellsworth2.7 mi away

9%8

Worthington18.3 mi away

6%5

Brewster27.9 mi away

3%3

Sioux Falls, SD37.4 mi away

3%3

Sibley, IA16 mi away

2%2

Adrian6.2 mi away

2%2

Belle Plaine132.6 mi away

2%2

Albert Lea131.3 mi away

2%2

Minneapolis166.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%32

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

How far

How far Grand Prairie commutes

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

11%

46%

15%

28%

11%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Prairie is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Grand Prairie

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Grand Prairie residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−50%

Jobs based in Grand Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 9. 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.