Work & commute · Buchanan

Work & commute in Buchanan, ND

Most working residents leave Buchanan for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (49%), Fargo (15%) and Bismarck (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 41 Buchanan residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buchanan.

41live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buchanan goes to work

Jamestown8.6 mi away

49%20

Fargo92.4 mi away

15%6

Bismarck95.1 mi away

7%3

Thief River Falls, MN142.8 mi away

2%1

East Grand Forks, MN103.6 mi away

2%1

Pingree11.9 mi away

2%1

Valley City37 mi away

2%1

Wahpeton114.8 mi away

2%1

Dickinson189.8 mi away

2%1

West Fargo88.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

12%5

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

How far

How far Buchanan commutes

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

44%

12%

41%

44%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buchanan is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buchanan are

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

Jobs based in Buchanan

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Buchanan residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−5%

Jobs based in Buchanan, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 18. 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.