Work & commute · Max

Work & commute in Max, MN

Most working residents leave Max for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Deer River (22%), Grand Rapids (6%) and St. Paul (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 32 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 32 Max residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Max.

32live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Max goes to work

Deer River25.2 mi away

22%7

Grand Rapids38.3 mi away

6%2

St. Paul192 mi away

6%2

Minneapolis189.2 mi away

6%2

Pike Bay31.1 mi away

6%2

Cass Lake29.7 mi away

3%1

Deerwood81.7 mi away

3%1

Bigfork21.8 mi away

3%1

Blackduck22.4 mi away

3%1

Roseau113.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%12

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

How far

How far Max commutes

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

41%

19%

41%

0%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Max is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Max are

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

Jobs based in Max

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Max residents hold

32 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−67%

Jobs based in Max, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 41. 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.