Work & commute · Granite Falls

Work & commute in Granite Falls, MN

About one in 3 of Granite Falls’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Montevideo (12%), Minnesota Falls (8%) and Marshall (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

366 of 1,249 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 883 Granite Falls residents head out of town to work, 366 work right here, and 1,219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granite Falls.

883live here, work elsewhere

366live and work here

1,219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Granite Falls goes to work

Granite Falls (in town)right here

29%366

Montevideo13 mi away

12%153

Minnesota Falls3.8 mi away

8%99

Marshall27.6 mi away

5%62

Willmar32.1 mi away

5%57

Sparta11.6 mi away

3%32

Minneapolis111.8 mi away

2%24

Leenthrop8.3 mi away

2%23

Clara City13.4 mi away

1%15

Mankato88.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%403

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

How far

How far Granite Falls commutes

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

40%

24%

16%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Granite Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Granite Falls are

1,585 jobs are based in Granite Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Granite Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Granite Falls

1,585 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Granite Falls residents hold

1,249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−10%

Jobs based in Granite Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,754 → 1,585. 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.