Work & commute · Stephen

Work & commute in Stephen, MN

Most working residents leave Stephen for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Warren (12%), Grand Forks (11%) and Thief River Falls (10%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 220 Stephen residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stephen.

220live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stephen goes to work

Warren18.5 mi away

12%28

Grand Forks, ND38.1 mi away

11%26

Thief River Falls39.8 mi away

10%23

Argyle8.5 mi away

9%22

Stephen (in town)right here

9%21

Tamarac3.1 mi away

8%20

East Grand Forks36.7 mi away

4%10

Fargo, ND109.7 mi away

4%9

Oslo21.3 mi away

3%7

Crookston48.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%69

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

How far

How far Stephen commutes

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

31%

22%

33%

14%

31%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stephen is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stephen are

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

Jobs based in Stephen

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Stephen residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+13%

Jobs based in Stephen, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 146. 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.