Work & commute · Ulen

Work & commute in Ulen, MN

Most working residents leave Ulen for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (36%), Moorhead (12%) and Hawley (11%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

29 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 175 Ulen residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 355 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ulen.

175live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

355work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ulen goes to work

Fargo, ND30.7 mi away

36%66

Moorhead27.3 mi away

12%23

Hawley14.2 mi away

11%20

Ulen (in town)right here

5%10

West Fargo, ND34.1 mi away

5%9

Spring Prairie14.6 mi away

4%7

Detroit Lakes27 mi away

3%5

Dilworth24.8 mi away

2%4

Hawley17.2 mi away

2%4

Riverton19.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%34

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%

58%

9%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

58%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ulen is a job hub

1.97jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ulen are

365 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

365 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Ulen residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+168%

Jobs based in Ulen, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 365. 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.