Work & commute · Richwood

Work & commute in Richwood, MN

Most working residents leave Richwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit Lakes (43%), Fargo (8%) and Mahnomen (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 302 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 300 Richwood residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richwood.

300live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richwood goes to work

Detroit Lakes7.9 mi away

43%131

Fargo, ND45.3 mi away

8%23

Mahnomen27.6 mi away

3%10

Erie7 mi away

2%7

Perham26.2 mi away

2%6

Moorhead41.4 mi away

2%6

Frazee15.5 mi away

2%5

Fergus Falls45 mi away

2%5

West Fargo, ND49 mi away

2%5

Callaway4.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%100

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

How far

How far Richwood commutes

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

43%

17%

20%

21%

43%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richwood is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richwood are

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

Jobs based in Richwood

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Richwood residents hold

302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+52%

Jobs based in Richwood, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 64. 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.