Work & commute · Pennock

Work & commute in Pennock, MN

Most working residents leave Pennock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (50%), Kandiyohi (2%) and Willmar (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 236 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 234 Pennock residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pennock.

234live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pennock goes to work

Willmar5.9 mi away

50%118

Kandiyohi11.8 mi away

2%5

Willmar6.1 mi away

2%5

Marshall56.8 mi away

2%4

Plymouth84 mi away

2%4

Minneapolis93.9 mi away

2%4

Kerkhoven7.7 mi away

1%3

Prinsburg14.6 mi away

1%3

Sartell56.8 mi away

1%3

St. Cloud55.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%84

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

How far

How far Pennock commutes

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

58%

11%

23%

58%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pennock is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pennock are

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

Jobs based in Pennock

44 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Pennock residents hold

236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+7%

Jobs based in Pennock, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 44. 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.