Clarkfield has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Clarkfield has 126 jobs, against 359 working residents. Only 6% work in Clarkfield itself; outside it, Marshall draws the most (17%, 24 miles). Home is the office for 4% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Clarkfield apart on work
Clarkfield’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Clarkfield is Marshall, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (60) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Clarkfield workers work from home
Only 4% 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 359 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Clarkfield, by distance
About 22% 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.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Clarkfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarkfield workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 405 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who leaves Clarkfield for work, and who comes in
On a workday 337 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Clarkfield on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer 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 the trip to work from Clarkfield ends
Where Clarkfield clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Clarkfield: what the 126 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarkfield, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 126. 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 Clarkfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Clarkfield and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarkfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkfield | – | — | — | 23 min | $63,359 |
| Friendship Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Friendship Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clarkfield’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 Clarkfield: questions
What is the median household income in Clarkfield?
$63,359 (±$3,647) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarkfield?
10.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarkfield?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarkfield work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (17%, 24 mi), Canby (10%, 23 mi), Granite Falls (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clarkfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarkfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarkfield
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.