Work & commute · Rocksbury

Work & commute in Rocksbury, MN

Most working residents leave Rocksbury for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (67%), North (4%) and Medina (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 528 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 524 Rocksbury residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocksbury.

524live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

82work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rocksbury goes to work

Thief River Falls3.5 mi away

67%356

North5.6 mi away

4%20

Medina243 mi away

2%12

Grand Forks, ND43 mi away

2%9

Fargo, ND88 mi away

2%9

Crookston27.9 mi away

1%6

Moorhead86.7 mi away

1%5

Deer36.5 mi away

1%5

Bemidji72.1 mi away

1%4

Eagan266.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%98

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

How far

How far Rocksbury commutes

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

73%

17%

73%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rocksbury is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocksbury are

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

Jobs based in Rocksbury

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities70%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Rocksbury residents hold

528 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−37%

Jobs based in Rocksbury, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 86. 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.