Work & commute · Swede Prairie

Work & commute in Swede Prairie, MN

Most working residents leave Swede Prairie for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (25%), Cottonwood (5%) and Clarkfield (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 54 Swede Prairie residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swede Prairie.

54live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swede Prairie goes to work

Marshall17.1 mi away

25%14

Cottonwood11.9 mi away

5%3

Clarkfield8.7 mi away

5%3

Canby18.2 mi away

5%3

Granite Falls19.6 mi away

5%3

Montevideo20.6 mi away

5%3

Dawson18.5 mi away

4%2

Willmar51.2 mi away

4%2

Green Lake58.7 mi away

4%2

Madison26.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%19

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

How far

How far Swede Prairie commutes

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

62%

24%

7%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swede Prairie is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swede Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Swede Prairie

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Swede Prairie residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+450%

Jobs based in Swede Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 11. 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.