Jobs and earnings in Hendricks, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. About one in five work in Hendricks; the top destination outside it is Marshall (19%, 32 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 14 minutes; Minnesota averages 23, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hendricks, in brief
Hendricks’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Hendricks is Marshall, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (51) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Hendricks are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Hendricks pay little
31% of the jobs based in Hendricks pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 272 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Half of Hendricks commutes less than 23 miles
About 22% 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.
Getting to work from Hendricks takes about 14 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hendricks workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 220 commuters (the 7% 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.
The 383 jobs based in Hendricks
383 jobs are based in Hendricks.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hendricks, 2013 → 2023: 395 → 383. 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 Hendricks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Hendricks, and who commutes in
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, 55 work right here, and 328 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Hendricks on a workday afternoon, 18% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 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 Hendricks work
Where Hendricks clocks in
19% 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.
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 Hendricks: questions
What is the median household income in Hendricks?
$51,250 (±$9,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hendricks?
9.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hendricks?
14 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hendricks work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshall (19%, 32 mi), Brookings (8%, 23 mi), Ivanhoe (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hendricks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hendricks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hendricks
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.