Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Murdock
Working residents average 21 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Only 5% work in Murdock itself; outside it, Willmar draws the most (20%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Murdock by day
On a workday 112 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Murdock on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 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.
The towns that employ Murdock’s residents
Where Murdock clocks in
20% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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 the 174 jobs in Murdock are
174 jobs are based in Murdock.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Murdock, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 174. 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 Murdock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Murdock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Murdock workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 159 commuters (the 1% 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.
How far Murdock goes to work
About 27% 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 Murdock: questions
What is the median household income in Murdock?
$73,333 (±$16,639) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Murdock?
9.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Murdock?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Murdock work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Willmar (20%, 18 mi), Kerkhoven (8%, 4 mi), Benson (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Murdock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Murdock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Murdock
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.