Photo: Richard N Horne · CC BY-SA 4.0Hendrum has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% stay in Hendrum for work; outside it, Fargo is the main destination (20%, 28 miles). There are 32 jobs in Hendrum for 96 working residents. For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Hendrum, and who commutes in
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Hendrum on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 the trip to work from Hendrum ends
Where Hendrum clocks in
20% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Hendrum: what the 32 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hendrum, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 32. 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 Hendrum’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Hendrum: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hendrum workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 commuters (the 8% 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 Hendrum commutes less than 28 miles
About 15% 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 Hendrum: questions
What is the median household income in Hendrum?
$57,500 (±$11,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hendrum?
15.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hendrum?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hendrum work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (20%, 28 mi), Halstad (14%, 6 mi), Ada (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hendrum without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hendrum, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hendrum
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.