Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Underwood has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 229 people come in to work
8% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). Underwood has 234 jobs for 127 working residents. Only 4% work in Underwood itself; outside it, Fergus Falls draws the most (31%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Underwood for work, and who comes in
On a workday 122 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 470 people are in Underwood on a workday afternoon, 30% more 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 daily trip into Underwood
Where Underwood clocks in
31% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Underwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Underwood, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 234. 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 Underwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Underwood: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Underwood workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 215 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Underwood
About 29% 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.
Next door to Underwood
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Underwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underwood | – | — | — | 17 min | $75,000 |
| Sverdrup Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Tordenskjold Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sverdrup Township and Tordenskjold Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Underwood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Underwood: questions
What is the median household income in Underwood?
$75,000 (±$19,334) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Underwood?
9.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Underwood?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Underwood work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fergus Falls (31%, 10 mi), Battle Lake (13%, 7 mi), Fargo (6%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Underwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Underwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Underwood
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.