Work & commute · Poplar River

Work & commute in Poplar River, MN

Most working residents leave Poplar River for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (26%), Red Lake Falls (11%) and Oklee (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 53 Poplar River residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poplar River.

53live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poplar River goes to work

Thief River Falls22.3 mi away

26%14

Red Lake Falls12.5 mi away

11%6

Oklee8.8 mi away

9%5

McIntosh13.3 mi away

6%3

Medina224.3 mi away

6%3

Gentilly17.6 mi away

4%2

Warren43.5 mi away

2%1

Crookston26.7 mi away

2%1

Fergus Falls104.9 mi away

2%1

Moorhead72.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%16

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

How far

How far Poplar River commutes

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

51%

30%

9%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poplar River is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Poplar River are

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

Jobs based in Poplar River

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities78%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Poplar River residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−42%

Jobs based in Poplar River, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 40. 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.