Foxhome has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Foxhome for work; outside it, Breckenridge is the main destination (19%, 13 miles). 5 jobs are based in Foxhome for 48 working residents. 0% of workers work from home (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Foxhome
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 78 people are in Foxhome on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Foxhome goes to work
Where Foxhome clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Foxhome
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Foxhome, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 5. 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 Foxhome’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Foxhome: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Foxhome workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 58 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.
Where in the region Foxhome works
About 21% 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.
How Foxhome compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Foxhome workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxhome | – | — | — | 24 min | $78,125 |
| Foxhome Township | under 3% | — | — | 12 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Foxhome Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Foxhome’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 Foxhome: questions
What is the median household income in Foxhome?
$78,125 (±$33,296) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Foxhome?
16.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Foxhome?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Foxhome work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Breckenridge (19%, 13 mi), Wahpeton (15%, 14 mi), Fargo (8%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Foxhome 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 Foxhome, from the people who make the trip.
More of Foxhome
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.