Work & commute · Mahnomen

Work & commute in Mahnomen, MN

44% of Mahnomen’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Detroit Lakes (5%), Minneapolis (4%) and Waubun (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

182 of 411 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 229 Mahnomen residents head out of town to work, 182 work right here, and 1,043 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mahnomen.

229live here, work elsewhere

182live and work here

1,043work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mahnomen goes to work

Mahnomen (in town)right here

44%182

Detroit Lakes35.5 mi away

5%20

Minneapolis207.6 mi away

4%15

Waubun9.1 mi away

3%14

Ogema14.8 mi away

2%9

Thief River Falls55.9 mi away

2%8

Twin Lakes18.3 mi away

2%8

Duluth184.3 mi away

2%7

Pembina3.8 mi away

2%7

Fargo, ND51.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%135

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

How far

How far Mahnomen commutes

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

50%

12%

13%

24%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mahnomen is a job hub

2.98jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mahnomen are

1,225 jobs are based in Mahnomen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mahnomen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Mahnomen

1,225 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Mahnomen residents hold

411 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−31%

Jobs based in Mahnomen, 2013 → 2023: 1,767 → 1,225. 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.