Work & commute · Grand Forks

Work & commute in Grand Forks, MN

Most working residents leave Grand Forks for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (38%), East Grand Forks (18%) and Crookston (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 106 Grand Forks residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Forks.

106live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Forks goes to work

Grand Forks, ND5.2 mi away

38%41

East Grand Forks4 mi away

18%19

Crookston24.5 mi away

6%6

Warren18.8 mi away

3%3

Fargo, ND78 mi away

3%3

Thief River Falls40.4 mi away

2%2

Medina261.9 mi away

2%2

Grafton, ND34.3 mi away

2%2

Rapid City, SD401.3 mi away

2%2

Huntsville8.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%25

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

How far

How far Grand Forks commutes

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

61%

11%

19%

61%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Forks is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Forks are

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

Jobs based in Grand Forks

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Grand Forks residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−76%

Jobs based in Grand Forks, 2013 → 2023: 131 → 32. 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.