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Work & commute in Hartford, MN

Most working residents leave Hartford for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Long Prairie (15%), Staples (10%) and Browerville (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 239 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 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 236 Hartford residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartford.

236live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
40work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hartford goes to work

Browns ValleyClarissaBrowervilleEagle BendMotleyRandallLong PrairieSauk CentreStaplesWadenaLittle FallsBrainerdSt. CloudLong PrairieTurtle CreekLittle ElkMoranWardHartfordIonaLong PrairieStaplesBrowervilleWadenaLittle FallsBrainerdSt. CloudMotleySauk CentreRandallHartford
1
Long Prairie6.4 mi away
15%37
2
Staples21.3 mi away
10%25
3
Browerville2.3 mi away
7%16
4
Wadena30.2 mi away
4%10
5
Little Falls23.1 mi away
4%10
6
Brainerd36.1 mi away
4%10
7
St. Cloud48.6 mi away
3%8
8
Motley20.6 mi away
3%7
9
Sauk Centre23.4 mi away
2%4
10
Randall15.6 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%109

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

How far

How far Hartford commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
32%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hartford is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartford are

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

Jobs based in Hartford

43 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)53%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less47%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Hartford residents hold

239 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+153%

Jobs based in Hartford, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 43. 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.

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