Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Work means Willmar for about half of Kandiyohi’s working residents
Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). Hardly any work in Kandiyohi itself; outside it, Willmar draws the most (47%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Kandiyohi: the gist
Nearly half of Kandiyohi works in Willmar
145 working residents, 47%, have their main job in Willmar, 6.2 miles away. That’s far more as work in Kandiyohi itself. The commute map ↓
Kandiyohi is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Kandiyohi, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kandiyohi has about 280 people in it, 50% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Kandiyohi are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Minnesota. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Minnesota worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 306 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Kandiyohi: the destinations
Where Kandiyohi clocks in
47% of workers
4% 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.
Kandiyohi by day and by night
On a workday 305 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Kandiyohi on a workday afternoon, 50% fewer than live here.
0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Kandiyohi: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kandiyohi workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 272 commuters (the 6% 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.
What Kandiyohi’s employers do
25 jobs are based in Kandiyohi.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kandiyohi, 2014 → 2024: 31 → 25. 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 Kandiyohi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Kandiyohi works
About 19% 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.
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 Kandiyohi: questions
What is the median household income in Kandiyohi?
$73,214 (±$21,211) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kandiyohi?
5.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kandiyohi?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kandiyohi work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willmar (47%, 6 mi), New London (4%, 11 mi), Spicer (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Kandiyohi without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kandiyohi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kandiyohi
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.