Work & commute · Murdock

Work & commute in Murdock, MN

Most working residents leave Murdock for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (20%), Kerkhoven (8%) and Benson (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 112 Murdock residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murdock.

112live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murdock goes to work

Willmar17.8 mi away

20%24

Kerkhoven4.3 mi away

8%9

Benson12.1 mi away

7%8

Fargo, ND132.6 mi away

6%7

Murdock (in town)right here

5%6

Torning8.4 mi away

4%5

Dublin3.3 mi away

4%5

Darnen34.3 mi away

3%4

Marysland20.7 mi away

3%4

Morris35.2 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%43

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

How far

How far Murdock commutes

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

19%

40%

14%

27%

19%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murdock is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Murdock are

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

Jobs based in Murdock

174 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Murdock residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+41%

Jobs based in Murdock, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 174. 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.