Work & commute · Halstad

Work & commute in Halstad, MN

Most working residents leave Halstad for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (14%), Ada (9%) and Grand Forks (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

37 of 237 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 200 Halstad residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Halstad.

200live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Halstad goes to work

Halstad (in town)right here

16%37

Fargo, ND33.6 mi away

14%34

Ada14.9 mi away

9%22

Grand Forks, ND41.1 mi away

7%17

Moorhead33.8 mi away

5%13

Hillsboro, ND11.7 mi away

3%7

Eldorado, ND11.8 mi away

3%7

Medina223.3 mi away

2%5

Felton24.3 mi away

2%4

Fergus Falls81.7 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%87

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

How far

How far Halstad commutes

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

21%

25%

38%

16%

21%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Halstad is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Halstad are

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

Jobs based in Halstad

208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Halstad residents hold

237 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−28%

Jobs based in Halstad, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 208. 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.