Work & commute · Moorhead

Work & commute in Moorhead, MN

About one in 5 of Moorhead’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fargo (48%), West Fargo (7%) and Dilworth (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

4,279 of 19,444 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 15,165 Moorhead residents head out of town to work, 4,279 work right here, and 8,890 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moorhead.

15,165live here, work elsewhere

4,279live and work here

8,890work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moorhead goes to work

Fargo, ND4 mi away

48%9,358

Moorhead (in town)right here

22%4,279

West Fargo, ND7.6 mi away

7%1,372

Dilworth2.5 mi away

2%380

Medina198.1 mi away

2%342

Grand Forks, ND74.6 mi away

2%311

Felton18.4 mi away

1%146

Detroit Lakes42.6 mi away

1%118

Reed, ND8 mi away

1%118

Bemidji97.4 mi away

1%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%2,911

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.

81%

14%

81%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moorhead is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moorhead are

13,169 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

13,169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Moorhead residents hold

19,444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+11%

Jobs based in Moorhead, 2013 → 2023: 11,869 → 13,169. 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.