Work & commute · Eagle

Work & commute in Eagle, ND

Most working residents leave Eagle for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (40%), West Fargo (10%) and Moorhead (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 101 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 100 Eagle residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle.

100live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle goes to work

Fargo23.1 mi away

40%40

West Fargo23.3 mi away

10%10

Moorhead, MN23 mi away

5%5

Colfax6 mi away

4%4

Grand Forks96.9 mi away

4%4

Abercrombie6.4 mi away

3%3

Breckenridge, MN20.7 mi away

2%2

Wahpeton19.7 mi away

2%2

Bismarck190 mi away

2%2

Pelican Rapids, MN33.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%28

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

How far

How far Eagle commutes

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

10%

53%

19%

18%

10%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle are

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

Jobs based in Eagle

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Eagle residents hold

101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

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Jobs based in Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 20. 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.