Work & commute · River Falls

Work & commute in River Falls, MN

Most working residents leave River Falls for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (60%), Fargo (7%) and North (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 104 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
17 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 104 River Falls residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Falls.

104live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where River Falls goes to work

LeonardSt. HilaireFrazeeBrooksGonvickArgyleRed Lake FallsFertileWarroadBaudetteThief River FallsMoorheadMankatoOxbowFargoBlack RiverNorthSmileyRiver FallsRiverDeer ParkWyandotteThief River FallsFargoNorthRed Lake FallsWarroadMoorheadMankatoLeonardGonvickFertileRiver Falls
160%62
2
Fargo, ND84 mi away
7%7
3
North10.5 mi away
5%5
4
Red Lake Falls9.4 mi away
2%2
5
Warroad74.2 mi away
2%2
6
Moorhead82.6 mi away
2%2
7
Mankato283.6 mi away
2%2
8
Leonard47.3 mi away
1%1
9
Gonvick34.2 mi away
1%1
10
Fertile32.4 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%19

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

How far

How far River Falls commutes

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

60%Under 10 mi
13%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

River Falls is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in River Falls are

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

Jobs based in River Falls

17 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities88%
Services (health, schools, offices…)12%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month6%
Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs River Falls residents hold

104 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities38%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month60%
−26%

Jobs based in River Falls, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 17. 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.

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