Work & commute · Clarissa

Work & commute in Clarissa, MN

Most working residents leave Clarissa for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Long Prairie (19%), Alexandria (8%) and Eagle Bend (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 237 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 221 Clarissa residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarissa.

221live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

138work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarissa goes to work

Long Prairie11.4 mi away

19%44

Alexandria26.9 mi away

8%19

Clarissa (in town)right here

7%16

Eagle Bend4.8 mi away

5%12

Wadena23.6 mi away

4%9

Browerville5.2 mi away

3%8

Bertha11 mi away

3%6

Carlos19.6 mi away

2%5

Paynesville53 mi away

2%5

Eagle Valley1.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%108

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

How far

How far Clarissa commutes

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

21%

33%

21%

25%

21%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarissa is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarissa are

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

Jobs based in Clarissa

154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Clarissa residents hold

237 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−15%

Jobs based in Clarissa, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 154. 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.