Photo: AlanKHG · CC BY-SA 4.0Darfur has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 25% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%. Darfur has 23 jobs, and 46 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% stay in Darfur for work; outside it, Madelia is the main destination (28%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Darfur
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 61 people are in Darfur 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 Darfur ends
Where Darfur clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
In Darfur, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Darfur, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 23. 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 Darfur’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 42 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Darfur workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33 commuters (the 25% 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 in the region Darfur works
About 20% 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 Darfur: questions
What is the median household income in Darfur?
$65,500 (±$29,174) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Darfur?
5.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Darfur?
42 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Darfur work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madelia (28%, 21 mi), St. James (11%, 12 mi), New Ulm (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Darfur 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 Darfur, from the people who make the trip.
More of Darfur
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.