Work & commute · Pelican

Work & commute in Pelican, MN

Most working residents leave Pelican for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pelican Rapids (35%), Willmar (12%) and Fergus Falls (12%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Pelican residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pelican.

255live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pelican goes to work

Pelican Rapids2.1 mi away

35%90

Willmar113.8 mi away

12%32

Fergus Falls21.7 mi away

12%30

Detroit Lakes18.9 mi away

5%13

Fargo, ND39 mi away

2%6

Vergas14.7 mi away

2%4

Pelican (in town)right here

2%4

Sauk Centre81.1 mi away

1%3

Moorhead35.5 mi away

1%3

Perham24.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%72

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

How far

How far Pelican commutes

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

39%

22%

32%

39%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pelican is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pelican are

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

Jobs based in Pelican

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Pelican residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−24%

Jobs based in Pelican, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 28. 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.