Work & commute · Woods

Work & commute in Woods, MN

Most working residents leave Woods for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Montevideo (25%), Willmar (15%) and Madison (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 71 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 69 Woods residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woods.

69live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woods goes to work

Montevideo22.8 mi away

25%18

Willmar12 mi away

15%11

Madison43.7 mi away

4%3

Morris44.2 mi away

4%3

Kerkhoven6 mi away

3%2

Dawson38.4 mi away

3%2

Appleton35.6 mi away

3%2

Granite Falls23.7 mi away

3%2

Kragero30.4 mi away

3%2

Sparta21.8 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%24

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

How far

How far Woods commutes

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

52%

24%

17%

7%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woods is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woods are

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

Jobs based in Woods

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Woods residents hold

71 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+212%

Jobs based in Woods, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 53. 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.