Work & commute · Newfolden

Work & commute in Newfolden, MN

Most working residents leave Newfolden for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (41%), Warren (5%) and Grand Forks (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 151 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 140 Newfolden residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newfolden.

140live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

120work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newfolden goes to work

Thief River Falls18.4 mi away

41%62

Newfolden (in town)right here

7%11

Warren23.1 mi away

5%8

Grand Forks, ND46.2 mi away

5%7

Deer17.2 mi away

3%5

North16.5 mi away

3%5

Karlstad17.5 mi away

3%4

Stephen25.9 mi away

2%3

Bemidji90 mi away

2%3

Argyle22.4 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%41

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

How far

How far Newfolden commutes

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

64%

14%

15%

8%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newfolden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newfolden are

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

Jobs based in Newfolden

131 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Newfolden residents hold

151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−8%

Jobs based in Newfolden, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 131. 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.