Work & commute · Hawley

Work & commute in Hawley, MN

Most working residents leave Hawley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (33%), Hawley (10%) and Moorhead (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 211 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 207 Hawley residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawley.

207live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawley goes to work

Fargo, ND21.8 mi away

33%69

Hawley3.4 mi away

10%22

Moorhead17.8 mi away

9%20

Detroit Lakes24.8 mi away

7%15

Spring Prairie8.4 mi away

5%10

Ulen17.2 mi away

4%9

West Fargo, ND25.3 mi away

4%8

Medina183.5 mi away

2%5

Grand Forks, ND81.7 mi away

2%5

Barnesville13.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%44

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

How far

How far Hawley commutes

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

20%

58%

10%

12%

20%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawley is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawley are

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

Jobs based in Hawley

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Hawley residents hold

211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+12%

Jobs based in Hawley, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 93. 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.