Work & commute · Sanders

Work & commute in Sanders, MN

Most working residents leave Sanders for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (68%), North (5%) and Red Lake Falls (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 177 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 177 Sanders residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanders.

177live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanders goes to work

Thief River Falls6.8 mi away

68%120

North8.1 mi away

5%9

Red Lake Falls12.6 mi away

3%6

Fargo, ND86.4 mi away

2%4

St. Hilaire5.5 mi away

1%2

Crookston24.4 mi away

1%2

Medina246.3 mi away

1%2

Grand Forks, ND37.5 mi away

1%2

Black River5.1 mi away

1%2

Rocksbury5.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%26

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

How far

How far Sanders commutes

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

76%

12%

76%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanders is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanders are

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

Jobs based in Sanders

10 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month90%

Over $3,333 a month10%

Jobs Sanders residents hold

177 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+150%

Jobs based in Sanders, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 10. 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.