Work & commute · Parkers Prairie

Work & commute in Parkers Prairie, MN

Most working residents leave Parkers Prairie for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (21%), Fergus Falls (6%) and Henning (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

54 of 422 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 368 Parkers Prairie residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parkers Prairie.

368live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parkers Prairie goes to work

Alexandria19.2 mi away

21%88

Parkers Prairie (in town)right here

13%54

Fergus Falls36.9 mi away

6%25

Henning13 mi away

3%14

Battle Lake20.8 mi away

3%12

Wadena22.5 mi away

3%12

Willmar72.5 mi away

3%12

Parkers Prairie2.9 mi away

2%10

Fargo, ND86.7 mi away

2%9

New York Mills25.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%178

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

How far

How far Parkers Prairie commutes

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

19%

43%

17%

22%

19%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parkers Prairie is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Parkers Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Parkers Prairie

444 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Parkers Prairie residents hold

422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+8%

Jobs based in Parkers Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 413 → 444. 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.

Work & commute in Parkers Prairie, MN

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Parkers Prairie goes to work

How far Parkers Prairie commutes

Parkers Prairie is balanced between jobs and homes

What the jobs in Parkers Prairie are

Jobs based in Parkers Prairie

Jobs Parkers Prairie residents hold

How to read this page

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