Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Baudette
More than half work in Baudette; the top destination outside it is Warroad (5%, 36 miles). 3% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Working residents average 10 minutes each way, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Baudette in brief
Baudette is where the jobs are
Baudette has 731 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Baudette are quick
The average trip to work takes 10 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 100 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Baudette workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 430 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Baudette by day
On a workday 208 residents head out to work, 222 work right here, and 509 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Baudette on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Baudette’s commute takes about 10 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baudette workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 620 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Baudette’s workforce comes from
Where Baudette clocks in
5% of workers
2% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
32% of the jobs in Baudette make or build things
731 jobs are based in Baudette.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baudette, 2013 → 2023: 793 → 731. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baudette’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Baudette
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Baudette: questions
What is the median household income in Baudette?
$71,061 (±$5,907) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baudette?
3.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baudette?
10 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baudette work?
52% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warroad (5%, 36 mi), Bemidji (2%, 86 mi), Roseau (2%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Baudette without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baudette, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baudette
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.