Work & commute · Olivia

Work & commute in Olivia, MN

About one in 3 of Olivia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Willmar (10%), Emmet (5%) and Bird Island (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

317 of 1,050 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 733 Olivia residents head out of town to work, 317 work right here, and 902 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olivia.

733live here, work elsewhere

317live and work here

902work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olivia goes to work

Olivia (in town)right here

30%317

Willmar24 mi away

10%104

Emmet8.9 mi away

5%54

Bird Island5.1 mi away

4%40

Renville10.2 mi away

3%30

Redwood Falls16.7 mi away

3%29

St. Paul93.5 mi away

3%28

Troy3.6 mi away

2%20

Danube5.3 mi away

2%19

Buffalo Lake18.9 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%393

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

How far

How far Olivia commutes

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

44%

25%

10%

21%

44%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olivia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Olivia are

1,219 jobs are based in Olivia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olivia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olivia

1,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Olivia residents hold

1,050 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−2%

Jobs based in Olivia, 2013 → 2023: 1,244 → 1,219. 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.