Work & commute · Spalding

Work & commute in Spalding, MN

Most working residents leave Spalding for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are McGregor (18%), Kathio (9%) and Hinckley (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 119 Spalding residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spalding.

119live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spalding goes to work

McGregor5.4 mi away

18%23

Kathio34.3 mi away

9%11

Spalding (in town)right here

7%9

Hinckley39.9 mi away

5%6

Shamrock12.7 mi away

5%6

Moose Lake23.5 mi away

3%4

Sandstone33.8 mi away

2%3

Aitkin24.6 mi away

2%3

Aitkin22.3 mi away

2%2

Mora46.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%59

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

How far

How far Spalding commutes

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

28%

11%

27%

34%

28%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spalding is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spalding are

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

Jobs based in Spalding

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Spalding residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+33%

Jobs based in Spalding, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 40. 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.