Work & commute · McIntosh

Work & commute in McIntosh, MN

Most working residents leave McIntosh for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Crookston (14%), Thief River Falls (9%) and Erskine (7%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 218 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 201 McIntosh residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McIntosh.

201live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McIntosh goes to work

Crookston34.8 mi away

14%30

Thief River Falls35.4 mi away

9%19

McIntosh (in town)right here

8%17

Erskine6.3 mi away

7%15

Fosston7.2 mi away

7%15

Fertile19.8 mi away

5%11

Medina211 mi away

4%9

Mahnomen22.6 mi away

4%8

Bemidji48 mi away

4%8

Knute5.6 mi away

4%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%78

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

How far

How far McIntosh commutes

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

28%

16%

33%

24%

28%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McIntosh is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McIntosh are

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

Jobs based in McIntosh

208 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs McIntosh residents hold

218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−11%

Jobs based in McIntosh, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 208. 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.