Work & commute · Farmington

Work & commute in Farmington, ND

Most working residents leave Farmington for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grafton (20%), Grand Forks (14%) and Fargo (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 50 Farmington residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmington.

50live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmington goes to work

Grafton6.6 mi away

20%10

Grand Forks43.8 mi away

14%7

Fargo116.8 mi away

10%5

Park River14.6 mi away

6%3

Bismarck192.6 mi away

6%3

Grafton6 mi away

4%2

Kensington12.9 mi away

4%2

Glenwood6 mi away

4%2

Clearbrook, MN109.3 mi away

2%1

Warren, MN38.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%15

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

How far

How far Farmington commutes

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

29%

24%

20%

27%

29%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmington is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmington are

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

Jobs based in Farmington

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Farmington residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+58%

Jobs based in Farmington, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 38. 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.