Work & commute · Binford

Work & commute in Binford, ND

Most working residents leave Binford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cooperstown (40%), Fargo (12%) and Steele (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 50 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 48 Binford residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Binford.

48live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Binford goes to work

Cooperstown13 mi away

40%20

Fargo85.9 mi away

12%6

Binford (in town)right here

4%2

Steele88.4 mi away

4%2

Valley City46.9 mi away

4%2

Bismarck124.9 mi away

4%2

Frazee, MN136.8 mi away

2%1

Glen Ullin171.7 mi away

2%1

Ellendale107.8 mi away

2%1

Tioga220.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%12

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

How far

How far Binford commutes

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

50%

38%

4%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Binford is a job hub

1.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Binford are

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

Jobs based in Binford

86 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Binford residents hold

50 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+34%

Jobs based in Binford, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 86. 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.