Work & commute · Moorhead

Work & commute in Moorhead, MS

Most working residents leave Moorhead for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Indianola (18%), Greenwood (8%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 480 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 469 Moorhead residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moorhead.

469live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moorhead goes to work

Indianola7.9 mi away

18%85

Greenwood18.2 mi away

8%36

Jackson80.2 mi away

5%26

Greenville31.8 mi away

5%22

Olive Branch110.8 mi away

3%15

Cleveland24 mi away

3%14

Grenada46.1 mi away

3%12

Moorhead (in town)right here

2%11

Memphis, TN118.7 mi away

2%10

Ruleville19.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%244

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

How far

How far Moorhead commutes

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

34%

18%

12%

36%

34%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moorhead is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moorhead are

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

Jobs based in Moorhead

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Moorhead residents hold

480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−76%

Jobs based in Moorhead, 2013 → 2023: 461 → 112. 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.