Work & commute · Hawley

Work & commute in Hawley, MN

Most working residents leave Hawley for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (29%), Moorhead (12%) and Ulen (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

118 of 920 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 802 Hawley residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 729 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawley.

802live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

729work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawley goes to work

Fargo, ND24 mi away

29%270

Hawley (in town)right here

13%118

Moorhead20 mi away

12%106

Ulen14.2 mi away

6%55

West Fargo, ND27.6 mi away

4%41

Detroit Lakes23 mi away

4%35

Spring Prairie8.6 mi away

3%24

Felton16.2 mi away

2%16

Medina183.5 mi away

2%15

Grand Forks, ND80.4 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%225

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.

19%

59%

10%

12%

19%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawley is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawley are

847 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

847 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Hawley residents hold

920 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+20%

Jobs based in Hawley, 2013 → 2023: 708 → 847. 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.