Work & commute · Roseau

Work & commute in Roseau, MN

52% of Roseau’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Warroad (13%), Jadis (5%) and Thief River Falls (4%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

583 of 1,122 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 539 Roseau residents head out of town to work, 583 work right here, and 1,482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roseau.

539live here, work elsewhere

583live and work here

1,482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roseau goes to work

Roseau (in town)right here

52%583

Warroad20.4 mi away

13%144

Jadis2.6 mi away

5%56

Thief River Falls54.1 mi away

4%42

Fargo, ND145.4 mi away

2%23

Medina282.7 mi away

2%18

Grand Forks, ND88.2 mi away

2%18

Badger12.7 mi away

1%15

Bemidji102.2 mi away

1%14

Crookston83.5 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%201

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

How far

How far Roseau commutes

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

58%

16%

25%

58%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roseau is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roseau are

2,065 jobs are based in Roseau. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Roseau’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Roseau

2,065 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Roseau residents hold

1,122 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−45%

Jobs based in Roseau, 2013 → 2023: 3,786 → 2,065. 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.