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Jobs & commute in Clitherall

Clitherall has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each

Hardly any work in Clitherall; the top destination outside it is Alexandria (23%, 30 miles). Clitherall has 12 jobs; 30 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, 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

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Clitherall

On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.

30live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
12work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night71
Workday53
71live here− 30head out to work+ 12come in to work= 53on a workday

About 53 people are in Clitherall on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.40jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Clitherall work

Ruthven: 1 residents work here (3%)ClitherallUrbank: 1 residents work here (3%)Miltona: 1 residents work here (3%)Felton: 1 residents work here (3%)Parkers Prairie: 2 residents work here (7%)Motley: 1 residents work here (3%)BensonPerham: 2 residents work here (7%)Wadena: 2 residents work here (7%)Alexandria: 7 residents work here (23%)Leaf Valley TownshipMoose Park TownshipOsakis Township: 2 residents work here (7%)Woodside TownshipEastern TownshipCompton TownshipLeech Lake TownshipNidaros TownshipFairview TownshipAlexandriaParkers PrairiePerhamWadenaOsakis TownshipRuthvenClitherall
1
Alexandria30 mi away
23%7
2
Parkers Prairie16.8 mi away
7%2
3
Perham22.7 mi away
7%2
4
Wadena27 mi away
7%2
5
Osakis Township32.8 mi away
7%2
6
Ruthven, IA220.2 mi away
3%1
7
Urbank11.9 mi away
3%1
8
Miltona22.6 mi away
3%1
9
Felton69.1 mi away
3%1
10
Motley47.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%10
The top trips

Where Clitherall clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Mostly health care, schools and offices in Clitherall

Jobs based in ClitherallJobs Clitherall residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%37%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices100%43%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less83%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%20%
Over $3,333 a month0%63%

Who does it

29 or younger42%27%
30 to 5425%40%
55 and older33%33%
−43%

Jobs based in Clitherall, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 12. 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 Clitherall’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota

A year of commuting
206 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Clitherall27 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
21%

of Clitherall workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Clitherall gets to work
83%Drive alone
17%Carpool

Share of the 48 commuters (the 21% 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.

How far

Clitherall’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAlexandria: 23% · 30 miParkers Prairie: 7% · 16.8 miPerham: 7% · 22.7 miWadena: 7% · 27 miOsakis Township: 7% · 32.8 miRuthven: 3% · 220.2 miUrbank: 3% · 11.9 miMiltona: 3% · 22.6 miFelton: 3% · 69.1 miMotley: 3% · 47.5 miAlexandria 23%Parkers Prairie 7%Perham 7%Wadena 7%Osakis Township 7%Clitherall
ClitherallTop destinations (size = commuters)
3%Under 10 mi1 residents
20%10–24 mi6 residents
47%25–50 mi14 residents
30%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 30% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Clitherall: questions

What is the median household income in Clitherall?

$57,750 (±$8,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Clitherall?

0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Clitherall?

27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Clitherall work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (23%, 30 mi), Parkers Prairie (7%, 17 mi), Perham (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Clitherall without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Clitherall, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Clitherall

Clitherall home →

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.