Work & commute · Carlisle

Work & commute in Carlisle, MN

Most working residents leave Carlisle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fergus Falls (56%), Detroit Lakes (3%) and Battle Lake (2%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 102 Carlisle residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carlisle.

102live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carlisle goes to work

Fergus Falls7.7 mi away

56%58

Detroit Lakes37.6 mi away

3%3

Battle Lake24.3 mi away

2%2

Vergas29.8 mi away

2%2

Pelican Rapids17.9 mi away

2%2

Moorhead44.5 mi away

2%2

Wahpeton, ND19 mi away

2%2

Fargo, ND46.8 mi away

2%2

Dalton18.3 mi away

1%1

Elizabeth5.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%28

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

How far

How far Carlisle commutes

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

58%

15%

13%

58%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carlisle is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carlisle are

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

Jobs based in Carlisle

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities87%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Carlisle residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+22%

Jobs based in Carlisle, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 45. 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.