Photo: Tim Kiser (w:User:Malepheasant) · CC BY-SA 2.5Mora has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 2,549 people commute in to work
Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns. 3,071 jobs are based in Mora for 1,533 working residents. For jobs and income Mora is better than 27% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mora: the figures worth knowing
Mora is where the jobs are
Mora has 3,071 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,300 people are in town, 41% more than the 3,800 who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Mora workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Mora’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Mora’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($52,535, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mora could be anywhere from D to B−.
Who leaves Mora for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,011 residents head out to work and 522 work right here.
About 5,300 people are in Mora on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Mora: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mora workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,514 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily trip into Mora
Where Mora clocks in
6% of workers
3% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Mora’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mora, 2013 → 2023: 3,027 → 3,071. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Mora
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Mora
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 15.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 8.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,583 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.1% of Mora households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mora’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Mora ranks: 3,320th of 4,430 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Independence MN | 3,763 | $187K | 1.1% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Deephaven MN | 3,794 | $198K | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Greenfield MN | 2,962 | $154K | 1.2% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,318 | Dadeville AL | 2,920 | $67K | 8.4% | 8.5% | 17% | C |
| 3,319 | Wauchula FL | 4,946 | $53K | 38.1% | 0.2% | 18% | C |
| 3,320 | Mora MN | 3,763 | $53K | 16.6% | 2.6% | 34% | C |
| 3,321 | Monterey TN | 2,827 | $46K | 29.9% | 2.2% | 14% | C |
| 3,322 | Bradford Township PA | 2,796 | $56K | 12.8% | 4.3% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mora, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Mora and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mora workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mora | – | C | A | 26 min | $52,535 |
| Arthur Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 30 min | $72,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mora’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mora: questions
What is the median household income in Mora?
$52,535 (±$16,979) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mora?
16.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mora?
26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mora work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cambridge (6%, 22 mi), Hinckley (3%, 20 mi), Duluth (2%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mora walkable?
Mora is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 15% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mora without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mora
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.