Work & commute · Willmar

Work & commute in Willmar, MN

Most working residents leave Willmar for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Willmar (52%), New London (2%) and Kandiyohi (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 222 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 220 Willmar residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 315 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willmar.

220live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

315work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willmar goes to work

Willmar2.8 mi away

52%116

New London15.1 mi away

2%5

Kandiyohi7.2 mi away

2%5

Spicer12.4 mi away

2%4

Austin142.6 mi away

2%4

St. Paul97.2 mi away

2%4

New London16.1 mi away

1%3

St. Cloud53.8 mi away

1%3

Duluth183.6 mi away

1%3

Spring Park71.8 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%73

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

How far

How far Willmar commutes

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

58%

13%

23%

58%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willmar is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Willmar are

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

Jobs based in Willmar

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Willmar residents hold

222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−86%

Jobs based in Willmar, 2013 → 2023: 2,245 → 317. 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.