Work & commute · Spicer

Work & commute in Spicer, MN

Most working residents leave Spicer for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (46%), New London (5%) and Litchfield (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 553 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 515 Spicer residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 407 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spicer.

515live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

407work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spicer goes to work

Willmar9.7 mi away

46%257

Spicer (in town)right here

7%38

New London4.4 mi away

5%27

Litchfield21.6 mi away

2%11

Minneapolis83.6 mi away

2%11

St. Cloud42.5 mi away

2%9

Green Lake3 mi away

2%9

St. Paul91.7 mi away

1%8

Prinsburg23.9 mi away

1%6

New London3.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%171

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

How far

How far Spicer commutes

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

53%

20%

19%

53%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spicer is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spicer are

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

Jobs based in Spicer

445 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Spicer residents hold

553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−9%

Jobs based in Spicer, 2013 → 2023: 491 → 445. 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.