Work & commute · Fisher

Work & commute in Fisher, MN

Most working residents leave Fisher for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Crookston (26%), Grand Forks (21%) and Fargo (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 194 Fisher residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fisher.

194live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fisher goes to work

Crookston9.1 mi away

26%54

Grand Forks, ND15.7 mi away

21%42

Fisher (in town)right here

5%10

Fargo, ND64.6 mi away

4%8

East Grand Forks13.4 mi away

3%6

Climax13.1 mi away

2%5

Thief River Falls36 mi away

2%4

Crookston12.3 mi away

2%4

Fisher0.4 mi away

2%4

Fertile30.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%64

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

How far

How far Fisher commutes

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

38%

33%

23%

38%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fisher is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fisher are

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

Jobs based in Fisher

180 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Fisher residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−22%

Jobs based in Fisher, 2013 → 2023: 230 → 180. 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.