Work & commute · Moore

Work & commute in Moore, MN

Most working residents leave Moore for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Morris (45%), Hancock (6%) and Darnen (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 163 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 160 Moore residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moore.

160live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moore goes to work

Morris10.2 mi away

45%74

Hancock3 mi away

6%10

Darnen8.6 mi away

4%7

Alexandria35.9 mi away

3%5

Glenwood25 mi away

2%4

Horton5.5 mi away

2%4

Starbuck17.2 mi away

2%3

Moore (in town)right here

2%3

Elbow Lake37.8 mi away

1%2

Appleton20.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%49

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

How far

How far Moore commutes

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

37%

33%

11%

20%

37%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moore is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Moore are

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

Jobs based in Moore

144 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Moore residents hold

163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+71%

Jobs based in Moore, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 144. 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.