Work & commute · Fargo

Work & commute in Fargo, KS

Most working residents leave Fargo for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Liberal (48%), Kismet (3%) and Liberal (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 447 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 418 Fargo residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 171 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fargo.

418live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

171work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fargo goes to work

Liberal11.2 mi away

48%213

Kismet6 mi away

3%15

Fargo (in town)right here

3%14

Liberal11.8 mi away

3%14

Guymon, OK50.1 mi away

3%13

Plains13 mi away

2%10

Meade25 mi away

2%8

Seward14.5 mi away

2%8

Garden City58.9 mi away

1%6

Wichita190.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%140

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

How far

How far Fargo commutes

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

35%

32%

12%

20%

35%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fargo is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fargo are

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

Jobs based in Fargo

200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Fargo residents hold

447 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−56%

Jobs based in Fargo, 2013 → 2023: 458 → 200. 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.