Work & commute · Popple

Work & commute in Popple, MN

Most working residents leave Popple for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bagley (25%), Bemidji (21%) and Mahnomen (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 246 Popple residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Popple.

246live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Popple goes to work

Bagley4.1 mi away

25%62

Bemidji28.5 mi away

21%52

Mahnomen27.4 mi away

4%9

Fargo, ND78.4 mi away

3%8

Fosston12.7 mi away

3%7

La Prairie19 mi away

3%7

Clearbrook11 mi away

2%4

Grand Rapids93.8 mi away

2%4

Oklee26.6 mi away

1%3

Thief River Falls50.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%90

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

How far

How far Popple commutes

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

30%

12%

29%

30%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Popple is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Popple are

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

Jobs based in Popple

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Popple residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+377%

Jobs based in Popple, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 62. 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.