Work & commute · Solway

Work & commute in Solway, MN

Most working residents leave Solway for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (75%), Willmar (8%) and Laporte (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 24 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 24 Solway residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solway.

24live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solway goes to work

Bemidji11.8 mi away

75%18

Willmar165.9 mi away

8%2

Laporte27.4 mi away

4%1

Bemidji13.7 mi away

4%1

Lake George23.4 mi away

4%1

Redby26.3 mi away

4%1

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

How far

How far Solway commutes

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

75%

8%Under 10 mi

75%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solway is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Solway are

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

Jobs based in Solway

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Solway residents hold

24 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−9%

Jobs based in Solway, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 48. 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.