Work & commute · Liberty

Work & commute in Liberty, MN

Most working residents leave Liberty for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (52%), Red Lake (3%) and Bemidji (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 320 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 317 Liberty residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Liberty.

317live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Liberty goes to work

Bemidji11.8 mi away

52%167

Red Lake15.8 mi away

3%11

Bemidji15.1 mi away

3%10

Cass Lake25.7 mi away

3%8

Little Rock16.2 mi away

3%8

Blackduck21 mi away

2%6

Bagley20.9 mi away

2%5

Grand Rapids73.6 mi away

2%5

Wilton9.3 mi away

1%4

Wadena82.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%92

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

How far

How far Liberty commutes

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

31%

46%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Liberty is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Liberty are

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

Jobs based in Liberty

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Liberty residents hold

320 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+944%

Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 94. 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.