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Work & commute · Hill River

Work & commute in Hill River, MN

Most working residents leave Hill River for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fosston (38%), Crookston (12%) and McIntosh (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
1 of 78 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 77 Hill River residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hill River.

77live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
23work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hill River goes to work

ClearbrookGryglaMcIntoshMentorFosstonBagleyCrookstonThief River FallsGolden ValleyBemidjiMedinaKnuteLake GroveBrandsvoldRosedaleQueenShevlinLessorChesterColumbiaEdenHill RiverRosebudFosstonCrookstonMcIntoshBagleyMedinaRosebudClearbrookThief River FallsBemidjiGryglaHill River
1
Fosston8.7 mi away
38%30
2
Crookston39.2 mi away
12%9
3
McIntosh7.5 mi away
4%3
4
Bagley21.3 mi away
4%3
5
Medina212.4 mi away
4%3
6
Rosebud12.4 mi away
4%3
7
Clearbrook15.7 mi away
3%2
8
Thief River Falls33.6 mi away
3%2
9
Bemidji44 mi away
3%2
10
Grygla41.3 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%20

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

How far

How far Hill River commutes

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

29%Under 10 mi
28%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hill River is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hill River are

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

Jobs based in Hill River

24 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month8%
Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Hill River residents hold

78 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month50%
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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