Work & commute · Oklee

Work & commute in Oklee, MN

Most working residents leave Oklee for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (33%), Red Lake Falls (7%) and Crookston (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 160 Oklee residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oklee.

160live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

200work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oklee goes to work

Thief River Falls24.2 mi away

33%56

Oklee (in town)right here

7%12

Red Lake Falls19.9 mi away

7%12

Crookston35.4 mi away

3%6

Fargo, ND81.4 mi away

3%6

McIntosh14 mi away

3%5

Wyandotte13.5 mi away

3%5

Knute16.6 mi away

2%4

Erskine14.4 mi away

2%3

Brooks7.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%60

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

How far

How far Oklee commutes

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

15%

56%

22%

15%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oklee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oklee are

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

Jobs based in Oklee

212 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Oklee residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+34%

Jobs based in Oklee, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 212. 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.