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Work & commute · Little Elbow

Work & commute in Little Elbow, MN

Most working residents leave Little Elbow for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mahnomen (28%), Twin Lakes (6%) and La Garde (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 69 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 69 Little Elbow residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Elbow.

69live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
3work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Little Elbow goes to work

ValparaisoCallawayMahnomenOgemaDetroit LakesDuluthGrand ForksFargoTwin LakesOaklandLittle ElbowLa GardeLa PrairieEagle ViewMahnomenTwin LakesLa GardeDetroit LakesFargoCallawayOgemaDuluthGrand ForksValparaisoLittle Elbow
1
Mahnomen19.9 mi away
28%19
2
Twin Lakes7 mi away
6%4
3
La Garde10.4 mi away
6%4
4
Detroit Lakes28.6 mi away
4%3
5
Fargo, ND62.3 mi away
4%3
6
Callaway20.7 mi away
3%2
7
Ogema16.3 mi away
3%2
8
Duluth165.4 mi away
3%2
9
Grand Forks, ND86.4 mi away
3%2
10
Valparaiso, IN576.7 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%27

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

How far

How far Little Elbow commutes

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

12%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Little Elbow is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Elbow are

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

Jobs based in Little Elbow

3 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%
Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Little Elbow residents hold

69 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month49%
+200%

Jobs based in Little Elbow, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 3. 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.

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