Work & commute · Long Prairie

Work & commute in Long Prairie, MN

Most working residents leave Long Prairie for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Long Prairie (24%), Alexandria (6%) and St. Cloud (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 398 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 377 Long Prairie residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Prairie.

377live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Prairie goes to work

Long Prairie1.6 mi away

24%97

Alexandria27.1 mi away

6%22

St. Cloud44.2 mi away

5%21

Long Prairie (in town)right here

5%21

Little Falls22.8 mi away

4%16

Sauk Centre17.3 mi away

3%13

Melrose20.4 mi away

2%9

Paynesville41.4 mi away

2%7

Minneapolis102.8 mi away

2%7

Browerville7.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%180

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

How far

How far Long Prairie commutes

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

33%

21%

25%

21%

33%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Prairie is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Long Prairie

390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Long Prairie residents hold

398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+138%

Jobs based in Long Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 390. 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.