Work & commute · South Harbor

Work & commute in South Harbor, MN

Most working residents leave South Harbor for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Kathio (14%), Onamia (6%) and Milaca (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 374 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 365 South Harbor residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Harbor.

365live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Harbor goes to work

Kathio7 mi away

14%53

Onamia5.3 mi away

6%24

Milaca25.8 mi away

5%19

St. Cloud50 mi away

5%18

Page19.6 mi away

3%13

Princeton38.8 mi away

3%12

Cambridge43.2 mi away

2%9

South Harbor (in town)right here

2%9

Mora22.8 mi away

2%8

Onamia8 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%201

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

How far

How far South Harbor commutes

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

27%

14%

28%

31%

27%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Harbor is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Harbor are

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

Jobs based in South Harbor

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs South Harbor residents hold

374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−49%

Jobs based in South Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 101. 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.