Work & commute · Tamarac

Work & commute in Tamarac, MN

Most working residents leave Tamarac for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Warren (26%), Stephen (19%) and Grand Forks (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

4 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23 Tamarac residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 129 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tamarac.

23live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

129work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tamarac goes to work

Warren15.5 mi away

26%7

Stephen3.1 mi away

19%5

Tamarac (in town)right here

15%4

Grand Forks, ND35.8 mi away

7%2

Badger45.3 mi away

4%1

Argyle5.4 mi away

4%1

East Grand Forks34.3 mi away

4%1

Virginia209.3 mi away

4%1

Chanhassen291.2 mi away

4%1

Rochester368.5 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%3

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

How far

How far Tamarac commutes

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

37%

33%

15%

37%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tamarac is a job hub

4.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tamarac are

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

Jobs based in Tamarac

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Tamarac residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+787%

Jobs based in Tamarac, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 133. 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.