Work & commute · Louriston

Work & commute in Louriston, MN

Most working residents leave Louriston for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Montevideo (21%), Willmar (11%) and Darnen (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 101 Louriston residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Louriston.

101live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Louriston goes to work

Montevideo17.6 mi away

21%22

Willmar17.9 mi away

11%11

Darnen39.4 mi away

8%8

Prinsburg16.2 mi away

5%5

Minneapolis105.7 mi away

3%3

Leenthrop13.3 mi away

3%3

Milan23.8 mi away

2%2

Kerkhoven8.1 mi away

2%2

Clara City10.2 mi away

2%2

Granite Falls21 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%43

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

How far

How far Louriston commutes

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

52%

17%

21%

9%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Louriston is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Louriston are

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

Jobs based in Louriston

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Louriston residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−44%

Jobs based in Louriston, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 19. 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.