Work & commute · Villard

Work & commute in Villard, MN

Most working residents leave Villard for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Staples (23%), Wadena (8%) and Motley (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 269 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 263 Villard residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Villard.

263live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Villard goes to work

Staples4.9 mi away

23%62

Wadena20.3 mi away

8%22

Motley4.6 mi away

6%15

Brainerd25.8 mi away

6%15

Long Prairie25 mi away

4%11

Baxter22.1 mi away

3%9

Sebeka26.7 mi away

3%7

Minneapolis117.9 mi away

2%6

Villard (in town)right here

2%6

Pillager12.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%112

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

How far

How far Villard commutes

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

35%

26%

15%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Villard is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Villard are

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

Jobs based in Villard

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Villard residents hold

269 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+536%

Jobs based in Villard, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 70. 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.