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Work & commute in Silver Leaf, MN

Most working residents leave Silver Leaf for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Detroit Lakes (36%), Perham (8%) and Frazee (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
3 of 203 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 200 Silver Leaf residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Silver Leaf.

200live here, work elsewhere
3live and work here
49work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Silver Leaf goes to work

FrazeeOgemaBagleyHenningPerhamPark RapidsDetroit LakesMoorheadMinneapolisFargoGormanErieSilver LeafBurlingtonComptonHeight of LandEvergreenDetroit LakesPerhamFrazeeFargoHeight of LandMoorheadBurlingtonBagleyMinneapolisErieSilver Leaf
1
Detroit Lakes11.9 mi away
36%74
2
Perham11 mi away
8%16
3
Frazee5.1 mi away
5%11
4
Fargo, ND58.3 mi away
3%7
5
Height of Land7.8 mi away
2%5
6
Moorhead54.4 mi away
2%4
7
Burlington6.5 mi away
2%4
8
Bagley53.8 mi away
1%3
9
Minneapolis167.4 mi away
1%3
10
Erie9.9 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%73

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

How far

How far Silver Leaf commutes

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

20%Under 10 mi
44%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
30%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Silver Leaf is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Silver Leaf are

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

Jobs based in Silver Leaf

52 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities50%
Services (health, schools, offices…)21%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month6%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Silver Leaf residents hold

203 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+643%

Jobs based in Silver Leaf, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 52. 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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