Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Beaver Creek
Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Hardly any work in Beaver Creek; the top destination outside it is Luverne (30%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Beaver Creek on a workday
On a workday 108 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Beaver Creek on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where Beaver Creek goes to work
Where Beaver Creek clocks in
30% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 32% of work in Beaver Creek
72 jobs are based in Beaver Creek.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver Creek, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 72. 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 Beaver Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes to work from Beaver Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaver Creek workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Beaver Creek
About 19% 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 Beaver Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Beaver Creek?
$64,583 (±$20,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver Creek?
6.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver Creek?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver Creek work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Luverne (30%, 8 mi), Sioux Falls (21%, 19 mi), Luverne Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beaver Creek 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 Beaver Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaver Creek
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.