Work & commute · Morse

Work & commute in Morse, MN

Most working residents leave Morse for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Rapids (20%), Deer River (16%) and Cass Lake (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 238 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 226 Morse residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Morse.

226live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Morse goes to work

Grand Rapids16.9 mi away

20%48

Deer River3 mi away

16%38

Cass Lake34.9 mi away

5%13

Cohasset11.7 mi away

5%12

Morse (in town)right here

5%12

Minneapolis167.2 mi away

3%7

Pike Bay35.5 mi away

3%7

Bemidji49 mi away

2%5

Hibbing42.6 mi away

2%5

Coleraine19.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%87

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

How far

How far Morse commutes

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

25%

31%

19%

25%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Morse is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Morse are

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

Jobs based in Morse

249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Morse residents hold

238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−28%

Jobs based in Morse, 2013 → 2023: 348 → 249. 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.