Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0How Doran works: jobs, income and commuting
Hardly any stay in Doran for work; outside it, Fergus Falls is the main destination (19%, 21 miles). 12% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Doran has 16 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Doran, and who commutes in
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15 people are in Doran on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Doran work
Where Doran clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
Working from home in Doran
of Doran workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 commuters (the 12% 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 many miles Doran commutes
About 25% 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 Doran: questions
What is the poverty rate in Doran?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Doran work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fergus Falls (19%, 21 mi), Breckenridge (13%, 7 mi), Rothsay (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Doran 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 Doran, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doran
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.