Work & commute · Straight River

Work & commute in Straight River, MN

Most working residents leave Straight River for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Park Rapids (36%), Detroit Lakes (6%) and Henrietta (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 340 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 328 Straight River residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Straight River.

328live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Straight River goes to work

Park Rapids5.7 mi away

36%124

Detroit Lakes34.8 mi away

6%19

Henrietta9.5 mi away

5%18

Fargo, ND81.1 mi away

4%13

Todd7 mi away

4%13

Straight River (in town)right here

4%12

Bemidji45.8 mi away

3%11

Walker30.1 mi away

3%9

Perham27.7 mi away

2%6

Shingobee29.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%109

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

How far

How far Straight River commutes

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

52%

20%

22%

52%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Straight River is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Straight River are

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

Jobs based in Straight River

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Straight River residents hold

340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+2%

Jobs based in Straight River, 2013 → 2023: 156 → 159. 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.