Work & commute · Swedes Forest

Work & commute in Swedes Forest, MN

Most working residents leave Swedes Forest for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wabasso (20%), Redwood Falls (15%) and Marshall (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 40 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 39 Swedes Forest residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swedes Forest.

39live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swedes Forest goes to work

Wabasso17.4 mi away

20%8

Redwood Falls12.7 mi away

15%6

Marshall27.1 mi away

8%3

Sheridan11.2 mi away

8%3

Tracy32 mi away

5%2

Granite Falls15.5 mi away

5%2

Red Wing133.4 mi away

5%2

Bismarck, ND302.4 mi away

5%2

Jeffers41.5 mi away

3%1

Lamberton29.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%10

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

How far

How far Swedes Forest commutes

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

55%

20%

23%

3%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swedes Forest is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Swedes Forest are

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

Jobs based in Swedes Forest

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less94%

$1,251–$3,333 a month3%

Over $3,333 a month3%

Jobs Swedes Forest residents hold

40 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+244%

Jobs based in Swedes Forest, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 31. 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.