Work & commute · Oak Valley

Work & commute in Oak Valley, MN

Most working residents leave Oak Valley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wadena (14%), Perham (13%) and Henning (10%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 151 Oak Valley residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oak Valley.

151live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oak Valley goes to work

Wadena9.6 mi away

14%22

Perham25.9 mi away

13%19

Henning10.9 mi away

10%15

New York Mills15.6 mi away

5%7

Willmar83.3 mi away

4%6

Battle Lake24.2 mi away

3%5

Deer Creek6.9 mi away

3%5

Ottertail18.7 mi away

3%5

Fergus Falls41.2 mi away

3%5

Fargo, ND85.4 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%58

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

How far

How far Oak Valley commutes

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

22%

32%

27%

19%

22%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oak Valley is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oak Valley are

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

Jobs based in Oak Valley

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Oak Valley residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+800%

Jobs based in Oak Valley, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 9. 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.