Work & commute · Woodside

Work & commute in Woodside, MN

Most working residents leave Woodside for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Alexandria (24%), Parkers Prairie (18%) and Willmar (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 92 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 92 Woodside residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodside.

92live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

7work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodside goes to work

Alexandria27.1 mi away

24%22

Parkers Prairie9.1 mi away

18%17

Willmar78.2 mi away

5%5

Parkers Prairie12 mi away

4%4

Perham30.2 mi away

3%3

Fergus Falls42 mi away

3%3

Carlos19.6 mi away

2%2

Miltona14.7 mi away

2%2

Starbuck46.9 mi away

2%2

Staples20.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%30

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

How far

How far Woodside commutes

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

16%

40%

30%

13%

16%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodside is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodside are

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

Jobs based in Woodside

7 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month86%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Woodside residents hold

92 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+17%

Jobs based in Woodside, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 7. 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.