Work & commute · Buse

Work & commute in Buse, MN

Most working residents leave Buse for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fergus Falls (64%), Fargo (4%) and Dane Prairie (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 194 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 192 Buse residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buse.

192live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buse goes to work

Fergus Falls4.3 mi away

64%125

Fargo, ND56.4 mi away

4%7

Dane Prairie7.6 mi away

2%4

Dwight, ND29.7 mi away

2%4

Minnetonka155.6 mi away

2%3

Dalton9.2 mi away

1%2

Willmar91.1 mi away

1%2

Duluth192.1 mi away

1%2

Buse (in town)right here

1%2

Fergus Falls7.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%41

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Buse commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

70%

23%

70%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buse is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.45 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Buse are

87 jobs are based in Buse. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buse’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buse

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Buse residents hold

194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+9%

Jobs based in Buse, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 87. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.