Work & commute · Holmes

Work & commute in Holmes, MN

Most working residents leave Holmes for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (46%), La Grand (4%) and Glenwood (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 360 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 356 Holmes residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holmes.

356live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holmes goes to work

Alexandria9.7 mi away

46%165

La Grand7.4 mi away

4%15

Glenwood13 mi away

4%13

Hudson11.1 mi away

3%9

Ida12.9 mi away

2%6

Carlos16.9 mi away

1%5

Morris23 mi away

1%5

Fergus Falls41.2 mi away

1%5

St. Paul133 mi away

1%5

Glenwood16.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%127

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

How far

How far Holmes commutes

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

37%

19%

37%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holmes is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Holmes are

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

Jobs based in Holmes

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Holmes residents hold

360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+41%

Jobs based in Holmes, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 86. 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.