Work & commute · Smiley

Work & commute in Smiley, MN

Most working residents leave Smiley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (57%), North (6%) and Wyandotte (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 318 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 316 Smiley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smiley.

316live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smiley goes to work

Thief River Falls6.9 mi away

57%182

North8 mi away

6%20

Wyandotte5 mi away

4%12

Goodridge12.5 mi away

3%10

Fargo, ND90.5 mi away

2%7

Oklee18 mi away

2%6

Grand Forks, ND49.1 mi away

2%5

Crookston32.7 mi away

1%4

Medina240 mi away

1%4

Red Lake Falls16.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%65

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

How far

How far Smiley commutes

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

70%

10%

13%

70%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smiley is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smiley are

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

Jobs based in Smiley

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Smiley residents hold

318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+32%

Jobs based in Smiley, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 25. 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.