Work, pay and getting to work in Eagle Bend
Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26. 9% of workers have no commute at all; Minnesota has 18%. Only 7% stay in Eagle Bend for work; outside it, Long Prairie is the main destination (9%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eagle Bend by day and by night
On a workday 177 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
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 Eagle Bend work
Where Eagle Bend clocks in
9% of workers
8% 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.
Eagle Bend is a services town
145 jobs are based in Eagle Bend.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle Bend, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 145. 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 Eagle Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Eagle Bend spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle Bend workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Eagle Bend commutes less than 20 miles
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.
The towns around Eagle Bend
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eagle Bend workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Bend | – | — | — | 29 min | $49,559 |
| Wykeham Township | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wykeham Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eagle Bend’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 Eagle Bend: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle Bend?
$49,559 (±$2,091) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle Bend?
15.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle Bend?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle Bend work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Long Prairie (9%, 16 mi), Alexandria (8%, 26 mi), Clarissa (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eagle Bend without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle Bend, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle Bend
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.