Work & commute · La Grand

Work & commute in La Grand, MN

Most working residents leave La Grand for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (53%), Glenwood (3%) and St. Cloud (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 1,945 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,885 La Grand residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 704 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Grand.

1,885live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

704work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Grand goes to work

Alexandria4 mi away

53%1,036

Glenwood16.1 mi away

3%62

La Grand (in town)right here

3%60

St. Cloud67 mi away

2%31

Fergus Falls40.2 mi away

1%25

Carlos8.1 mi away

1%24

Hudson8.7 mi away

1%21

Carlos9.7 mi away

1%20

Alexandria6.9 mi away

1%20

Willmar56.7 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%627

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

How far

How far La Grand commutes

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

63%

20%

63%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Grand is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Grand are

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

Jobs based in La Grand

764 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs La Grand residents hold

1,945 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+35%

Jobs based in La Grand, 2013 → 2023: 568 → 764. 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.