Work & commute · Tara

Work & commute in Tara, MN

Most working residents leave Tara for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Benson (35%), Appleton (6%) and Torning (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 49 Tara residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tara.

49live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tara goes to work

Benson10 mi away

35%17

Appleton15.5 mi away

6%3

Torning13.5 mi away

6%3

Morris16.4 mi away

4%2

Glenwood29 mi away

4%2

Alexandria41.1 mi away

4%2

Wahpeton, ND74.1 mi away

4%2

Murdock21.9 mi away

2%1

Graceville34.1 mi away

2%1

Villard35.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%15

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

How far

How far Tara commutes

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

16%

39%

29%

16%

16%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tara is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tara are

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

Jobs based in Tara

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Tara residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+500%

Jobs based in Tara, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 6. 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.