Work & commute · Prior

Work & commute in Prior, MN

Most working residents leave Prior for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Graceville (15%), Clinton (8%) and Milbank (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 105 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 105 Prior residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prior.

105live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prior goes to work

Graceville10.6 mi away

15%16

Clinton5.5 mi away

8%8

Milbank, SD15.6 mi away

8%8

Ortonville10.6 mi away

6%6

Morris32.7 mi away

6%6

Fargo, ND99.6 mi away

6%6

Sisseton, SD28.7 mi away

5%5

Wheaton25.6 mi away

4%4

Browns Valley17.6 mi away

3%3

Johnson15.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%41

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

How far

How far Prior commutes

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

13%

41%

15%

31%

13%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prior is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prior are

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

Jobs based in Prior

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Prior residents hold

105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

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.