Work & commute · Moorhead

Work & commute in Moorhead, MN

Most working residents leave Moorhead for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (48%), Moorhead (31%) and West Fargo (6%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 81 Moorhead residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moorhead.

81live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moorhead goes to work

Fargo, ND5.9 mi away

48%39

Moorhead3 mi away

31%25

West Fargo, ND9.2 mi away

6%5

Dilworth3.8 mi away

2%2

Sabin4.3 mi away

1%1

Ulen27.8 mi away

1%1

Falcon Heights212.4 mi away

1%1

Detroit Lakes41.2 mi away

1%1

Medina195.5 mi away

1%1

Rugby, ND185.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

5%4

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

How far

How far Moorhead commutes

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

88%

88%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moorhead is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moorhead are

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

Jobs based in Moorhead

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities74%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Moorhead residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−51%

Jobs based in Moorhead, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 39. 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.