Work & commute · Ulen

Work & commute in Ulen, MN

Most working residents leave Ulen for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (28%), Hawley (16%) and Moorhead (8%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 75 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 75 Ulen residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ulen.

75live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ulen goes to work

Fargo, ND31.7 mi away

28%21

Hawley16.3 mi away

16%12

Moorhead28.4 mi away

8%6

Detroit Lakes28.5 mi away

4%3

West Fargo, ND35 mi away

4%3

Ulen2.1 mi away

3%2

Bemidji69.6 mi away

3%2

Jamestown, ND115.6 mi away

3%2

Grand Forks, ND68.1 mi away

3%2

Erskine40 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%21

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

How far

How far Ulen commutes

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

25%

53%

17%

4%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

53%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ulen is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ulen are

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

Jobs based in Ulen

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Ulen residents hold

75 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+33%

Jobs based in Ulen, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 12. 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.