Work & commute · Carrington

Work & commute in Carrington, ND

Most working residents leave Carrington for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Carrington (34%), Fargo (8%) and Jamestown (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

6 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 92 Carrington residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrington.

92live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carrington goes to work

Carrington2.9 mi away

34%34

Fargo113.5 mi away

8%8

Carrington (in town)right here

7%7

Jamestown43 mi away

5%5

New Rockford14.7 mi away

4%4

Valley City63 mi away

3%3

Pingree22.7 mi away

2%2

Harvey45.1 mi away

2%2

Bismarck91.6 mi away

2%2

Superior11.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%30

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

How far

How far Carrington commutes

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

44%

11%

15%

29%

44%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carrington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrington are

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

Jobs based in Carrington

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Carrington residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−20%

Jobs based in Carrington, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 125. 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.