Work & commute · Thief River Falls

Work & commute in Thief River Falls, MN

71% of Thief River Falls’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are North (4%), Fargo (2%) and Medina (1%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

71%

3,130 of 4,400 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,270 Thief River Falls residents head out of town to work, 3,130 work right here, and 5,438 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thief River Falls.

1,270live here, work elsewhere

3,130live and work here

5,438work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thief River Falls goes to work

Thief River Falls (in town)right here

71%3,130

North2.1 mi away

4%174

Fargo, ND91.3 mi away

2%76

Medina245.9 mi away

1%52

Wyandotte10.7 mi away

1%43

Grand Forks, ND44.1 mi away

1%41

Bemidji74 mi away

1%26

Deer33 mi away

1%24

St. Hilaire7 mi away

1%23

Rocksbury3.5 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%788

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

How far

How far Thief River Falls commutes

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

78%

15%

78%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thief River Falls is a job hub

1.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thief River Falls are

8,568 jobs are based in Thief River Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thief River Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thief River Falls

8,568 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities51%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Thief River Falls residents hold

4,400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+29%

Jobs based in Thief River Falls, 2013 → 2023: 6,628 → 8,568. 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.