Work & commute · Flom

Work & commute in Flom, MN

Most working residents leave Flom for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (11%), Twin Valley (9%) and Mahnomen (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 75 Flom residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Flom.

75live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Flom goes to work

Fargo, ND39.6 mi away

11%8

Twin Valley7.1 mi away

9%7

Mahnomen11.6 mi away

9%7

Ulen9.7 mi away

5%4

Ada19 mi away

5%4

Bemidji62.3 mi away

5%4

Fertile24.1 mi away

4%3

Grand Forks, ND66.7 mi away

4%3

Bear Park18.4 mi away

4%3

Hawley23.5 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%31

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

How far

How far Flom commutes

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

17%

37%

25%

21%

17%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Flom is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Flom are

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

Jobs based in Flom

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Flom residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+100%

Jobs based in Flom, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 12. 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.