Work & commute · Park Rapids

Work & commute in Park Rapids, MN

43% of Park Rapids’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Detroit Lakes (4%), Henrietta (3%) and Todd (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

689 of 1,591 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 902 Park Rapids residents head out of town to work, 689 work right here, and 2,498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park Rapids.

902live here, work elsewhere

689live and work here

2,498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park Rapids goes to work

Park Rapids (in town)right here

43%689

Detroit Lakes38 mi away

4%61

Henrietta4.7 mi away

3%48

Todd3.2 mi away

3%47

Menahga11.4 mi away

2%37

Bemidji40.3 mi away

2%36

Fargo, ND83.7 mi away

2%35

Crookston93.7 mi away

2%33

Nevis10.7 mi away

2%27

Straight River5.7 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%554

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

How far

How far Park Rapids commutes

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

54%

13%

25%

54%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park Rapids is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Park Rapids are

3,187 jobs are based in Park Rapids. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Park Rapids’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Park Rapids

3,187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Park Rapids residents hold

1,591 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+3%

Jobs based in Park Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 3,100 → 3,187. 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.