Work & commute · Huntsville

Work & commute in Huntsville, MN

Most working residents leave Huntsville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (32%), East Grand Forks (14%) and Crookston (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 220 Huntsville residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Huntsville.

220live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Huntsville goes to work

Grand Forks, ND8.1 mi away

32%72

East Grand Forks5.2 mi away

14%32

Crookston16.5 mi away

7%16

Fargo, ND70.7 mi away

5%12

Thief River Falls37.7 mi away

3%7

Warren22.4 mi away

2%5

Bemidji98.7 mi away

2%5

Medina253.4 mi away

2%5

Huntsville (in town)right here

2%5

Stephen39.1 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%63

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

How far

How far Huntsville commutes

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

51%

18%

10%

21%

51%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Huntsville is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Huntsville are

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

Jobs based in Huntsville

350 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Huntsville residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+349%

Jobs based in Huntsville, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 350. 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.