Most of Twin Valley commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Employers in Twin Valley report 161 jobs; 321 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Twin Valley; the top destination outside it is Ada (10%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Twin Valley: the gist
Each way, about 28 minutes from Twin Valley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Valley workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 286 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.
Who commutes out of Twin Valley, and who commutes in
On a workday 286 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Twin Valley 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.
The towns that employ Twin Valley’s residents
Where Twin Valley clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Twin Valley: what the 161 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Valley, 2013 → 2023: 294 → 161. 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 Twin Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Twin Valley commutes
About 20% 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 Twin Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Valley?
$57,500 (±$7,440) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Valley?
10.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Valley?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Valley work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ada (10%, 12 mi), Fargo (9%, 38 mi), Mahnomen (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Twin Valley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Twin Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Valley
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.