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Work & commute · Starbuck

Work & commute in Starbuck, MN

Most working residents leave Starbuck for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Glenwood (20%), Alexandria (18%) and Morris (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
10%
60 of 602 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 542 Starbuck residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Starbuck.

542live here, work elsewhere
60live and work here
356work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Starbuck goes to work

LowryVillardStarbuckBensonMorrisGlenwoodAlexandriaMinneapolisFargoLa GrandGlenwoodMinnewaskaRenoWhite Bear LakeGlenwoodAlexandriaMorrisFargoGlenwoodLowryVillardBensonMinneapolisStarbuck
1
Glenwood7.9 mi away
20%123
2
Alexandria19.8 mi away
18%110
3
Starbuck (in town)right here
10%60
4
Morris18.1 mi away
4%22
5
Fargo, ND106.5 mi away
4%22
6
Glenwood9.4 mi away
4%22
7
Lowry6.5 mi away
3%16
8
Villard14.5 mi away
2%14
9
Benson20.8 mi away
1%9
10
Minneapolis118.8 mi away
1%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%197

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

How far

How far Starbuck commutes

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

39%Under 10 mi
32%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Starbuck is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Starbuck are

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

Jobs based in Starbuck

416 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Starbuck residents hold

602 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month60%
−10%

Jobs based in Starbuck, 2013 → 2023: 464 → 416. 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.

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