Work & commute · Comstock

Work & commute in Comstock, MN

Most working residents leave Comstock for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Thief River Falls (29%), Warren (11%) and Grand Forks (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 55 Comstock residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Comstock.

55live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Comstock goes to work

Thief River Falls19.6 mi away

29%16

Warren9.6 mi away

11%6

Grand Forks, ND32.2 mi away

9%5

Tamarac18.1 mi away

5%3

Argyle13.7 mi away

4%2

Crookston31.4 mi away

4%2

Deer30.2 mi away

4%2

Strandquist18.8 mi away

2%1

Viking7.4 mi away

2%1

Newfolden14 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%16

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

How far

How far Comstock commutes

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

15%

51%

20%

15%

15%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Comstock is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Comstock are

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

Jobs based in Comstock

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Comstock residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+21%

Jobs based in Comstock, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 57. 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.