Jobs and earnings in Erskine, and the trip to work
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Only 4% work in Erskine; the top destination outside it is Crookston (13%, 28 miles). The average commute, 23 minutes each way, matches the Minnesota norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Erskine for work, and who comes in
On a workday 152 residents head out to work, 6 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 (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Erskine goes to work
Where Erskine clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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 Erskine, services account for most jobs
138 jobs are based in Erskine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Erskine, 2014 → 2024: 148 → 138. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Erskine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Erskine takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Erskine workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 187 commuters (the 4% 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 Erskine works
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Erskine compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Erskine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erskine | – | — | — | 23 min | $44,844 |
| Knute Township | 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Knute Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Knute Township. Darker towns draw more of Erskine’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 2024, 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 Erskine: questions
What is the median household income in Erskine?
$44,844 (±$15,556) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Erskine?
9.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Erskine?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Erskine work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crookston (13%, 28 mi), Thief River Falls (11%, 32 mi), Fertile (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Erskine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Erskine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Erskine
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.