Work & commute · Spruce

Work & commute in Spruce, MN

Most working residents leave Spruce for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Roseau (53%), Warroad (14%) and Jadis (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 230 Spruce residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spruce.

230live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spruce goes to work

Roseau4.2 mi away

53%122

Warroad16.4 mi away

14%32

Jadis6.5 mi away

6%13

Grand Forks, ND91 mi away

4%10

Medina280.9 mi away

3%8

Fargo, ND146.8 mi away

2%4

Badger16.6 mi away

1%3

Lake13.2 mi away

1%3

Fisher88.8 mi away

1%2

Greenbush25.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%32

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

How far

How far Spruce commutes

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

58%

18%

20%

58%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spruce is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spruce are

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

Jobs based in Spruce

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)82%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Spruce residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−35%

Jobs based in Spruce, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 39. 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.