Work & commute · Ford

Work & commute in Ford, MN

Most working residents leave Ford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Mora (26%), Hinckley (6%) and Duluth (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 80 Ford residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ford.

80live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ford goes to work

Mora17 mi away

26%21

Hinckley18.3 mi away

6%5

Duluth70 mi away

5%4

St. Cloud60.2 mi away

4%3

Cambridge38.9 mi away

3%2

Blaine65.8 mi away

3%2

Maple Grove70.1 mi away

3%2

West Fargo, ND180.7 mi away

3%2

Grass Lake24.5 mi away

3%2

Brook Park15 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%36

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

How far

How far Ford commutes

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

44%

11%

44%

1%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ford is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ford are

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

Jobs based in Ford

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)80%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ford residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−58%

Jobs based in Ford, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 5. 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.