Work & commute · Warren

Work & commute in Warren, MN

About one in 3 of Warren’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (16%), Thief River Falls (10%) and East Grand Forks (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

229 of 728 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 499 Warren residents head out of town to work, 229 work right here, and 629 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Warren.

499live here, work elsewhere

229live and work here

629work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Warren goes to work

Warren (in town)right here

31%229

Grand Forks, ND24 mi away

16%117

Thief River Falls27.8 mi away

10%71

East Grand Forks21.6 mi away

5%33

Fargo, ND91.9 mi away

4%28

Tabor9.3 mi away

3%19

Crookston29.9 mi away

2%17

Argyle10.1 mi away

2%15

Medina265.8 mi away

2%12

Huntsville22.4 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%175

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

How far

How far Warren commutes

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

38%

29%

16%

17%

38%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Warren is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Warren are

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

Jobs based in Warren

858 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Warren residents hold

728 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−1%

Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 863 → 858. 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.