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

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

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

Wahpeton15 mi away

22%41

Fargo57 mi away

13%25

Hankinson13.9 mi away

6%12

Dwight18.8 mi away

4%7

Breckenridge, MN14.6 mi away

3%6

Fairmount (in town)right here

3%6

West Fargo57.4 mi away

3%6

Fairmount2.1 mi away

3%6

Greendale12.1 mi away

3%6

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%

45%

38%

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.