Work & commute · Esther

Work & commute in Esther, MN

Most working residents leave Esther for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (30%), East Grand Forks (13%) and Warren (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 90 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 90 Esther residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Esther.

90live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Esther goes to work

Grand Forks, ND10.6 mi away

30%27

East Grand Forks10 mi away

13%12

Warren15.6 mi away

9%8

Crookston29.1 mi away

8%7

Fargo, ND84 mi away

7%6

Huntsville14.2 mi away

4%4

Moorhead84.6 mi away

3%3

Medina267.1 mi away

2%2

St. Paul285.9 mi away

2%2

West Fargo, ND84.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%17

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

How far

How far Esther commutes

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

31%

36%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Esther is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Esther are

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

Jobs based in Esther

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Esther residents hold

90 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−76%

Jobs based in Esther, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 4. 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.