Work & commute · Karlstad

Work & commute in Karlstad, MN

About one in 5 of Karlstad’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (14%), Hallock (12%) and Lancaster (12%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

56 of 283 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 227 Karlstad residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Karlstad.

227live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Karlstad goes to work

Karlstad (in town)right here

20%56

Thief River Falls35.8 mi away

14%40

Hallock23.4 mi away

12%33

Lancaster23.3 mi away

12%33

Lake Bronson12.6 mi away

3%9

Grand Forks, ND52.5 mi away

3%8

Fargo, ND119.3 mi away

3%8

Roseau39 mi away

2%5

Medina281.6 mi away

2%5

Deerwood3.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%81

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

How far

How far Karlstad commutes

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

23%

32%

25%

20%

23%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Karlstad is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Karlstad are

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

Jobs based in Karlstad

292 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Karlstad residents hold

283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−20%

Jobs based in Karlstad, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 292. 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.