Work & commute · New Solum

Work & commute in New Solum, MN

Most working residents leave New Solum for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (39%), Newfolden (6%) and Warren (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 136 New Solum residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Solum.

136live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Solum goes to work

Thief River Falls10 mi away

39%54

Newfolden8.9 mi away

6%8

Warren21.6 mi away

5%7

Karlstad26 mi away

3%4

Grand Forks, ND42.1 mi away

3%4

Hallock47.2 mi away

2%3

Rocksbury13 mi away

2%3

Oslo38.2 mi away

1%2

Crookston34.4 mi away

1%2

East Grand Forks38.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%48

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

How far

How far New Solum commutes

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

21%

43%

19%

17%

21%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Solum is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Solum are

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

Jobs based in New Solum

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs New Solum residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−67%

Jobs based in New Solum, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 20. 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.