Work & commute · Kerkhoven

Work & commute in Kerkhoven, MN

Most working residents leave Kerkhoven for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (19%), Benson (10%) and Murdock (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 316 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 289 Kerkhoven residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kerkhoven.

289live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

219work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kerkhoven goes to work

Willmar13.5 mi away

19%61

Benson16.4 mi away

10%31

Kerkhoven (in town)right here

9%27

Murdock4.3 mi away

7%22

Fargo, ND136.4 mi away

6%18

Torning12.7 mi away

4%12

Darnen38.6 mi away

3%10

Morris39.4 mi away

3%8

Leenthrop21.3 mi away

2%5

Moorhead134.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%118

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

How far

How far Kerkhoven commutes

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

18%

43%

15%

24%

18%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kerkhoven is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kerkhoven are

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

Jobs based in Kerkhoven

246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Kerkhoven residents hold

316 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+65%

Jobs based in Kerkhoven, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 246. 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.