Work & commute · Spring Prairie

Work & commute in Spring Prairie, MN

Most working residents leave Spring Prairie for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (31%), Hawley (12%) and Moorhead (11%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 214 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 210 Spring Prairie residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 340 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Prairie.

210live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

340work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Prairie goes to work

Fargo, ND17 mi away

31%66

Hawley8.6 mi away

12%25

Moorhead13.2 mi away

11%23

West Fargo, ND20.6 mi away

8%18

Ulen14.6 mi away

5%10

Detroit Lakes31.4 mi away

5%10

Felton9.8 mi away

3%6

Grand Forks, ND73.7 mi away

2%5

Spring Prairie (in town)right here

2%4

Lake Park18.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%44

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

How far

How far Spring Prairie commutes

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

18%

62%

13%

18%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Prairie is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Spring Prairie

344 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Spring Prairie residents hold

214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

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.