Work & commute · Motley

Work & commute in Motley, MN

Most working residents leave Motley for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Staples (10%), Little Falls (10%) and Brainerd (8%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

27 of 261 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 234 Motley residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 702 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Motley.

234live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

702work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Motley goes to work

Motley (in town)right here

10%27

Staples8.6 mi away

10%26

Little Falls27.7 mi away

10%26

Brainerd21.2 mi away

8%20

Baxter17.5 mi away

6%16

Scandia Valley9 mi away

5%13

St. Cloud60.3 mi away

3%8

Alexandria47.3 mi away

2%5

New York Mills37 mi away

2%4

Randall18.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%112

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

How far

How far Motley commutes

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

28%

25%

21%

27%

28%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Motley is a job hub

2.79jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Motley are

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

Jobs based in Motley

729 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Motley residents hold

261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−9%

Jobs based in Motley, 2013 → 2023: 798 → 729. 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.