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Work & commute · Ortonville

Work & commute in Ortonville, MN

43% of Ortonville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Milbank (12%), Fargo (2%) and Odessa (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
43%
340 of 796 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
11 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 456 Ortonville residents head out of town to work, 340 work right here, and 605 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ortonville.

456live here, work elsewhere
340live and work here
605work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Ortonville goes to work

GracevilleOdessaClintonMadisonAppletonBensonOrtonvilleWillmarFargoBig Stone CityMilbankMoonshineBig StoneOrtonvilleAkronBig StoneAlbanGrant CenterMilbankFargoOdessaAlbanClintonAppletonBensonBig StoneWillmarOrtonville
1
Ortonville (in town)right here
43%340
2
Milbank, SD10.9 mi away
12%97
3
Fargo, ND109.5 mi away
2%18
4
Odessa6 mi away
2%17
5
Alban, SD8.7 mi away
2%17
6
Clinton11.4 mi away
1%11
7
Appleton21.6 mi away
1%11
8
Benson40.7 mi away
1%11
9
Big Stone, SD4 mi away
1%11
10
Willmar68.5 mi away
1%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%253

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

How far

How far Ortonville commutes

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

51%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Ortonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ortonville are

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

Jobs based in Ortonville

945 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)9%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)74%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Ortonville residents hold

796 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month51%
−6%

Jobs based in Ortonville, 2013 → 2023: 1,005 → 945. 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.

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