Work & commute · Fosston

Work & commute in Fosston, MN

About one in 4 of Fosston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Crookston (9%), Thief River Falls (6%) and Bagley (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

141 of 530 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 389 Fosston residents head out of town to work, 141 work right here, and 564 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fosston.

389live here, work elsewhere

141live and work here

564work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fosston goes to work

Fosston (in town)right here

27%141

Crookston41.8 mi away

9%47

Thief River Falls41.3 mi away

6%33

Bagley16.8 mi away

5%25

Bemidji41.1 mi away

4%19

Fargo, ND70.9 mi away

3%17

Medina204.6 mi away

2%13

McIntosh7.2 mi away

2%10

Knute12 mi away

2%10

Erskine13.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%206

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

How far

How far Fosston commutes

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

31%

20%

25%

31%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fosston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fosston are

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

Jobs based in Fosston

705 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Fosston residents hold

530 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−33%

Jobs based in Fosston, 2013 → 2023: 1,046 → 705. 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.