Work & commute · Fairmount

Work & commute in Fairmount, ND

Most working residents leave Fairmount for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wahpeton (22%), Fargo (13%) and Hankinson (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
6 of 187 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 181 Fairmount residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairmount.

181live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
105work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Fairmount goes to work

BreckenridgeFairmountGreat BendHankinsonWahpetonWest FargoFargoDwightFairmountSummitCenterGreendaleWahpetonFargoHankinsonDwightBreckenridgeWest FargoFairmountGreendaleSummitFairmount
1
Wahpeton15 mi away
22%41
2
Fargo57 mi away
13%25
3
Hankinson13.9 mi away
6%12
4
Dwight18.8 mi away
4%7
5
Breckenridge, MN14.6 mi away
3%6
6
Fairmount (in town)right here
3%6
7
West Fargo57.4 mi away
3%6
8
Fairmount2.1 mi away
3%6
9
Greendale12.1 mi away
3%6
10
Summit7 mi away
3%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%67

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

How far

How far Fairmount commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
38%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Fairmount is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairmount are

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

Jobs based in Fairmount

111 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities46%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Fairmount residents hold

187 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month68%
+14%

Jobs based in Fairmount, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 111. 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.

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