Work & commute · Plummer

Work & commute in Plummer, MN

Most working residents leave Plummer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (37%), Oklee (10%) and Red Lake Falls (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 130 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 129 Plummer residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plummer.

129live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plummer goes to work

Thief River Falls14.9 mi away

37%48

Oklee10.3 mi away

10%13

Red Lake Falls10.9 mi away

5%6

Crookston27.9 mi away

5%6

Wyandotte5.3 mi away

5%6

Fargo, ND81.4 mi away

4%5

Emardville0.8 mi away

3%4

Fergus Falls112.6 mi away

2%3

Moorhead79.7 mi away

2%3

Red Lake48.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%33

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

How far

How far Plummer commutes

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

14%

57%

20%

14%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plummer is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plummer are

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

Jobs based in Plummer

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Plummer residents hold

130 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−73%

Jobs based in Plummer, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 19. 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.