Photo: Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0Vining has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Vining has 11 jobs, and 32 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Vining; the top destination outside it is Alexandria (19%, 27 miles). 48% of workers have no commute at all; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Vining quiets down on a workday
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 33 people are in Vining on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 people from Vining work
Where Vining clocks in
19% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Vining
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vining, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 11. 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 Vining’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Vining: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vining workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17 commuters (the 48% 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.
Where in the region Vining works
About 22% 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.
Around Vining: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vining workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vining | – | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Nidaros Township | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Folden Township | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Nidaros Township and Folden Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vining’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 Vining: questions
What is the poverty rate in Vining?
7.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vining?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 48% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vining work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (19%, 27 mi), Parkers Prairie (13%, 12 mi), Fergus Falls (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vining without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vining, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vining
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.