Work & commute · Fossum

Work & commute in Fossum, MN

Most working residents leave Fossum for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Twin Valley (14%), Mahnomen (10%) and Fargo (10%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 63 Fossum residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fossum.

63live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fossum goes to work

Twin Valley6 mi away

14%9

Mahnomen8.3 mi away

10%6

Fargo, ND43.4 mi away

10%6

Halstad32.7 mi away

5%3

Ulen15 mi away

5%3

Ada17.9 mi away

5%3

Clearbrook43.8 mi away

3%2

Waubun11.3 mi away

3%2

Gary9 mi away

3%2

Detroit Lakes35.3 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%25

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

How far

How far Fossum commutes

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

30%

29%

13%

30%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fossum is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fossum are

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

Jobs based in Fossum

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less56%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Fossum residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+157%

Jobs based in Fossum, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 18. 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.