Work & commute · Underwood

Work & commute in Underwood, MN

Most working residents leave Underwood for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fergus Falls (31%), Battle Lake (13%) and Fargo (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 127 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 122 Underwood residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Underwood.

122live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Underwood goes to work

Fergus Falls9.7 mi away

31%39

Battle Lake7.4 mi away

13%17

Fargo, ND60.3 mi away

6%7

Underwood (in town)right here

4%5

Willmar89.9 mi away

2%3

Aurdal5.9 mi away

2%3

Brandon26.1 mi away

2%2

Perham25.5 mi away

2%2

Morris48.8 mi away

2%2

Wahpeton, ND35.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%45

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

How far

How far Underwood commutes

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

42%

15%

13%

29%

42%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Underwood is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Underwood are

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

Jobs based in Underwood

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Underwood residents hold

127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+182%

Jobs based in Underwood, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 234. 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.