Photo: Lorie Shaull · CC BY-SA 4.0Denham has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Denham report 6 jobs for 15 working residents. Hardly any work in Denham itself; outside it, Willow River draws the most (7%, 6 miles). 0% of workers work from home; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Denham
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29 people are in Denham on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 people from Denham work
Where Denham clocks in
7% 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.
In Denham, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denham, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 6. 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 Denham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Denham’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denham workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 0% 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 it is to work from Denham
About 60% 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.
Denham and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Denham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denham | – | — | — | 20 min | $53,750 |
| Birch Creek Township | under 7% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Sturgeon Lake Township | under 7% | — | — | 41 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Birch Creek Township and Sturgeon Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Denham’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 Denham: questions
What is the median household income in Denham?
$53,750 (±$38,419) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denham?
6.1%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denham?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Denham work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willow River (7%, 6 mi), Newport (7%, 103 mi), Mora (7%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Denham 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 Denham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denham
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.