Work & commute · Carrington

Work & commute in Carrington, ND

45% of Carrington’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fargo (7%), New Rockford (5%) and Carrington (5%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

402 of 888 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 486 Carrington residents head out of town to work, 402 work right here, and 705 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrington.

486live here, work elsewhere

402live and work here

705work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carrington goes to work

Carrington (in town)right here

45%402

Fargo115.5 mi away

7%65

New Rockford15.7 mi away

5%45

Carrington2.9 mi away

5%45

Jamestown43 mi away

4%32

Bismarck88.7 mi away

4%32

Devils Lake47.1 mi away

2%16

Grand Forks100.4 mi away

1%13

West Fargo112.3 mi away

1%11

Cooperstown47 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%217

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.

52%

11%

28%

52%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carrington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrington are

1,107 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

1,107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Carrington residents hold

888 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+12%

Jobs based in Carrington, 2013 → 2023: 990 → 1,107. 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.