Work & commute · Cormorant

Work & commute in Cormorant, MN

Most working residents leave Cormorant for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (20%), Detroit Lakes (18%) and Moorhead (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 589 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 574 Cormorant residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cormorant.

574live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

155work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cormorant goes to work

Fargo, ND34.8 mi away

20%115

Detroit Lakes12.3 mi away

18%108

Moorhead30.8 mi away

6%37

Hawley12.3 mi away

4%24

Lake Park7.1 mi away

4%23

West Fargo, ND38.3 mi away

4%21

Lake Park3.3 mi away

3%20

Audubon8.1 mi away

3%15

Cormorant (in town)right here

3%15

Perham27.9 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%200

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

How far

How far Cormorant commutes

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

12%

30%

36%

22%

12%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cormorant is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cormorant are

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

Jobs based in Cormorant

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less49%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Cormorant residents hold

589 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+105%

Jobs based in Cormorant, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 170. 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.