Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0A job hub: Callaway has 4.0 jobs per working resident, and 224 people come in to work
6% of workers have no commute at all, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. There are 226 jobs in Callaway; 57 of its residents have a job. Only 4% work in Callaway itself; outside it, Detroit Lakes draws the most (25%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Callaway on a workday afternoon
On a workday 55 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 350 people are in Callaway on a workday afternoon, 96% more than live here.
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 Callaway’s workers come from
Where Callaway clocks in
25% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Callaway are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Callaway, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 226. 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 Callaway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Callaway
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Callaway workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 commuters (the 6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Callaway
About 16% 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.
Around Callaway: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Callaway workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callaway | – | — | — | 19 min | $53,125 |
| Callaway Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Callaway Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Callaway’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Callaway: questions
What is the median household income in Callaway?
$53,125 (±$24,665) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Callaway?
13.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Callaway?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Callaway work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Detroit Lakes (25%, 12 mi), Mahnomen (9%, 23 mi), Park Rapids (5%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Callaway without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Callaway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Callaway
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.