Work & commute · Kelliher

Work & commute in Kelliher, MN

Most working residents leave Kelliher for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Blackduck (11%), Bemidji (8%) and Red Lake (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

17 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 89 Kelliher residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kelliher.

89live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kelliher goes to work

Kelliher (in town)right here

16%17

Blackduck15.9 mi away

11%12

Bemidji38 mi away

8%9

Red Lake26.8 mi away

5%5

Big Falls33.1 mi away

3%3

Minneapolis213.6 mi away

3%3

Spruce Valley86.5 mi away

3%3

Waskish16.3 mi away

3%3

Middle River86.2 mi away

2%2

Grygla59.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%47

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

How far

How far Kelliher commutes

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

22%

21%

23%

35%

22%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kelliher is a job hub

2.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kelliher are

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

Jobs based in Kelliher

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Kelliher residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+820%

Jobs based in Kelliher, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 230. 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.