Work & commute · Casselton

Work & commute in Casselton, ND

Most working residents leave Casselton for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (44%), West Fargo (12%) and Moorhead (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

212 of 1,138 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 926 Casselton residents head out of town to work, 212 work right here, and 708 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Casselton.

926live here, work elsewhere

212live and work here

708work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Casselton goes to work

Fargo18.2 mi away

44%504

Casselton (in town)right here

19%212

West Fargo14.7 mi away

12%132

Moorhead, MN22.2 mi away

2%24

Grand Forks70.9 mi away

2%24

Casselton3.1 mi away

2%18

Bismarck168.1 mi away

1%17

Valley City37.4 mi away

1%11

Everest3.7 mi away

1%10

Mapleton7.5 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%177

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

How far

How far Casselton commutes

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

24%

63%

10%

24%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Casselton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Casselton are

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

Jobs based in Casselton

920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Casselton residents hold

1,138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+32%

Jobs based in Casselton, 2013 → 2023: 696 → 920. 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.