Work & commute · Verndale

Work & commute in Verndale, MN

Most working residents leave Verndale for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wadena (18%), Staples (10%) and Perham (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 208 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 203 Verndale residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Verndale.

203live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Verndale goes to work

Wadena6.5 mi away

18%38

Staples9.5 mi away

10%21

Perham30.4 mi away

5%11

Sebeka16.4 mi away

5%10

Menahga25 mi away

5%10

New York Mills19.1 mi away

3%6

Verndale (in town)right here

2%5

Park Rapids36 mi away

2%5

Little Falls42.3 mi away

2%5

Baxter35.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%92

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

How far

How far Verndale commutes

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

27%

26%

20%

27%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Verndale is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Verndale are

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

Jobs based in Verndale

143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Verndale residents hold

208 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−12%

Jobs based in Verndale, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 143. 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.