Work & commute · Woodrow

Work & commute in Woodrow, MN

Most working residents leave Woodrow for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Powers (7%), Hackensack (6%) and Walker (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 252 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 243 Woodrow residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodrow.

243live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodrow goes to work

Powers7.4 mi away

7%17

Hackensack8.2 mi away

6%16

Walker16.2 mi away

6%15

Shingobee15.9 mi away

5%13

Longville7.5 mi away

5%12

Woodrow (in town)right here

4%9

Pine River14.2 mi away

3%8

Backus10.9 mi away

3%7

Brainerd40 mi away

3%7

St. Cloud97 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%141

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

How far

How far Woodrow commutes

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

20%

31%

40%

20%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodrow is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodrow are

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

Jobs based in Woodrow

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Woodrow residents hold

252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+20%

Jobs based in Woodrow, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 72. 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.