Work & commute · Helga

Work & commute in Helga, MN

Most working residents leave Helga for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (45%), Cass Lake (5%) and Bemidji (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 753 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 740 Helga residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Helga.

740live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Helga goes to work

Bemidji8.5 mi away

45%341

Cass Lake12.6 mi away

5%39

Bemidji5.4 mi away

4%27

Walker23 mi away

3%24

Farden5.7 mi away

3%22

Pike Bay11.8 mi away

2%18

Laporte11.5 mi away

2%14

Minneapolis182.7 mi away

2%14

Helga (in town)right here

2%13

Northern12.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%229

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

How far

How far Helga commutes

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

49%

26%

18%

49%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Helga 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 Helga are

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

Jobs based in Helga

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Helga residents hold

753 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+24%

Jobs based in Helga, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 138. 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.