Work & commute · Cogswell

Work & commute in Cogswell, ND

Most working residents leave Cogswell for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gwinner (35%), Oakes (9%) and Lisbon (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 43 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 43 Cogswell residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cogswell.

43live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cogswell goes to work

Gwinner10.5 mi away

35%15

Oakes14.7 mi away

9%4

Lisbon23.4 mi away

7%3

West Fargo66.7 mi away

7%3

Fargo69.3 mi away

5%2

Willey13.2 mi away

5%2

Wheaton, MN65.2 mi away

2%1

Breckenridge, MN58.4 mi away

2%1

Moorhead, MN72 mi away

2%1

Milnor19 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%10

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

How far

How far Cogswell commutes

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

60%

40%

0%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cogswell is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cogswell are

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

Jobs based in Cogswell

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Cogswell residents hold

43 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month84%

−33%

Jobs based in Cogswell, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 4. 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.