Work & commute · Brenna

Work & commute in Brenna, ND

Most working residents leave Brenna for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (65%), Fargo (7%) and East Grand Forks (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 348 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 346 Brenna residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brenna.

346live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brenna goes to work

Grand Forks4.7 mi away

65%227

Fargo72.6 mi away

7%23

East Grand Forks, MN8.1 mi away

4%13

Bismarck183.7 mi away

3%10

West Fargo72.3 mi away

1%4

Huntsville, MN11.9 mi away

1%4

Grand Forks AFB10.9 mi away

1%4

Thief River Falls, MN48.7 mi away

1%3

Moorhead, MN73.6 mi away

1%3

Grand Forks4.8 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%54

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

How far

How far Brenna commutes

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

72%

20%

72%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brenna is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brenna are

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

Jobs based in Brenna

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Brenna residents hold

348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+115%

Jobs based in Brenna, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 189. 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.