Work & commute · Minnesota Falls

Work & commute in Minnesota Falls, MN

Most working residents leave Minnesota Falls for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Granite Falls (28%), Montevideo (13%) and Marshall (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

19 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 153 Minnesota Falls residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minnesota Falls.

153live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

303work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minnesota Falls goes to work

Granite Falls3.8 mi away

28%48

Montevideo15.7 mi away

13%23

Minnesota Falls (in town)right here

11%19

Marshall24 mi away

5%8

Willmar35.1 mi away

3%6

Sparta14.5 mi away

2%4

Leenthrop12 mi away

2%4

Clara City16.8 mi away

2%3

Belle Plaine88.4 mi away

2%3

Minneapolis112.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%51

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

How far

How far Minnesota Falls commutes

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

42%

27%

10%

22%

42%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minnesota Falls is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minnesota Falls are

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

Jobs based in Minnesota Falls

322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Minnesota Falls residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−36%

Jobs based in Minnesota Falls, 2013 → 2023: 501 → 322. 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.