Work & commute · Menahga

Work & commute in Menahga, MN

About one in 5 of Menahga’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Park Rapids (17%), Wadena (6%) and Staples (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

113 of 510 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 397 Menahga residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 677 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Menahga.

397live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

677work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Menahga goes to work

Menahga (in town)right here

22%113

Park Rapids11.4 mi away

17%86

Wadena21.2 mi away

6%31

Staples29.7 mi away

4%18

Perham24.9 mi away

3%15

Minneapolis152 mi away

2%10

Alexandria62 mi away

2%9

Red Eye5.1 mi away

2%9

Todd13.1 mi away

2%8

Blueberry1.6 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%203

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

How far

How far Menahga commutes

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

31%

32%

13%

24%

31%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Menahga is a job hub

1.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Menahga are

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

Jobs based in Menahga

790 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Menahga residents hold

510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+41%

Jobs based in Menahga, 2013 → 2023: 560 → 790. 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.