Work & commute · Ida

Work & commute in Ida, MN

Most working residents leave Ida for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (52%), La Grand (4%) and Glenwood (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 632 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 627 Ida residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ida.

627live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ida goes to work

Alexandria8.2 mi away

52%329

La Grand6.3 mi away

4%24

Glenwood22.3 mi away

3%21

Carlos5.5 mi away

2%11

St. Cloud69.4 mi away

1%9

St. Paul134.4 mi away

1%8

Hudson13.7 mi away

1%8

Brandon6.9 mi away

1%7

Sauk Centre29.5 mi away

1%7

Minneapolis127.1 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%201

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

How far

How far Ida commutes

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

58%

14%

22%

58%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ida is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ida are

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

Jobs based in Ida

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ida residents hold

632 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+197%

Jobs based in Ida, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 107. 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.