Work & commute · Stowe Prairie

Work & commute in Stowe Prairie, MN

Most working residents leave Stowe Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wadena (17%), Staples (9%) and New York Mills (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 183 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 183 Stowe Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stowe Prairie.

183live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stowe Prairie goes to work

Wadena7.5 mi away

17%32

Staples15.1 mi away

9%16

New York Mills17.1 mi away

8%14

Bertha5.9 mi away

5%10

Sebeka20.2 mi away

4%7

Brainerd44.4 mi away

3%6

Alexandria34 mi away

3%5

Long Prairie28.2 mi away

2%4

Perham28 mi away

2%4

Little Falls44.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%81

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

How far

How far Stowe Prairie commutes

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

23%

31%

23%

23%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stowe Prairie is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stowe Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Stowe Prairie

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Stowe Prairie residents hold

183 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−20%

Jobs based in Stowe Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 4. 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.