Work & commute · Sinclair

Work & commute in Sinclair, MN

Most working residents leave Sinclair for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bagley (17%), Bemidji (17%) and Clearbrook (14%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 66 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 65 Sinclair residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sinclair.

65live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sinclair goes to work

Bagley14 mi away

17%11

Bemidji22.6 mi away

17%11

Clearbrook8.3 mi away

14%9

Gonvick12.4 mi away

6%4

Erskine35.7 mi away

5%3

Leon6.3 mi away

3%2

Leonard3.5 mi away

2%1

Mahnomen42.7 mi away

2%1

Battle Lake100.2 mi away

2%1

Fosston24.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%22

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

How far

How far Sinclair commutes

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

18%

48%

20%

14%

18%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sinclair is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sinclair are

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

Jobs based in Sinclair

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Sinclair residents hold

66 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month68%

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.