Work & commute · Torning

Work & commute in Torning, MN

Most working residents leave Torning for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Benson (35%), Fargo (4%) and Darnen (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

18 of 179 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 161 Torning residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 536 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Torning.

161live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

536work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Torning goes to work

Benson3.8 mi away

35%62

Torning (in town)right here

10%18

Fargo, ND125.8 mi away

4%8

Darnen26.3 mi away

4%7

Morris27.5 mi away

3%5

Willmar26.2 mi away

3%5

Montevideo23.8 mi away

2%3

Minnetonka104.8 mi away

2%3

Marysland12.7 mi away

2%3

Appleton23.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%63

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

How far

How far Torning commutes

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

47%

17%

12%

24%

47%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Torning is a job hub

3.09jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Torning are

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

Jobs based in Torning

554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Torning residents hold

179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+224%

Jobs based in Torning, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 554. 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.