Work & commute · Hope

Work & commute in Hope, MN

Most working residents leave Hope for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tyler (22%), Marshall (13%) and Brookings (12%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 99 Hope residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hope.

99live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hope goes to work

Tyler3.1 mi away

22%22

Marshall23 mi away

13%13

Brookings, SD32.2 mi away

12%12

Pipestone18.4 mi away

11%11

Lake Benton7.9 mi away

6%6

Russell11.6 mi away

3%3

Mankato107.5 mi away

3%3

Ruthton4.4 mi away

2%2

Bloomington145.3 mi away

2%2

Edgerton24.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%25

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

How far

How far Hope commutes

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

32%

29%

18%

21%

32%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hope is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hope are

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

Jobs based in Hope

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Hope residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+67%

Jobs based in Hope, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 55. 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.