Work & commute · Green Valley

Work & commute in Green Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Green Valley for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Park Rapids (20%), Menahga (11%) and Detroit Lakes (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 123 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 119 Green Valley residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Valley.

119live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Valley goes to work

Park Rapids9.6 mi away

20%25

Menahga8.7 mi away

11%14

Detroit Lakes29.2 mi away

8%10

Osage5.8 mi away

7%9

Perham23.5 mi away

5%6

Fargo, ND75.5 mi away

3%4

Green Valley (in town)right here

3%4

Bemidji47.4 mi away

2%3

Nevis20.1 mi away

2%2

Frazee23.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%44

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

How far

How far Green Valley commutes

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

38%

20%

18%

24%

38%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Valley is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Valley are

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

Jobs based in Green Valley

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Green Valley residents hold

123 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+18%

Jobs based in Green Valley, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 20. 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.