Work & commute · Abercrombie

Work & commute in Abercrombie, ND

Most working residents leave Abercrombie for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (35%), Wahpeton (8%) and Bismarck (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 147 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 144 Abercrombie residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abercrombie.

144live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abercrombie goes to work

Fargo29.2 mi away

35%51

Wahpeton13.3 mi away

8%12

Bismarck193.3 mi away

7%10

West Fargo29.7 mi away

5%8

Moorhead, MN28.9 mi away

5%7

Kindred19.5 mi away

4%6

Colfax7 mi away

3%4

Jamestown98.3 mi away

3%4

Grand Forks103.1 mi away

3%4

Abercrombie (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%38

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

How far

How far Abercrombie commutes

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

21%

51%

20%

7%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

51%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abercrombie 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 Abercrombie are

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

Jobs based in Abercrombie

90 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Abercrombie residents hold

147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+592%

Jobs based in Abercrombie, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 90. 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.