Work & commute · Fay

Work & commute in Fay, ND

Most working residents leave Fay for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Powers Lake (17%), Minot (17%) and Clearbrook (8%). Half commute less than 63 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 12 working residents

Typical commute

63 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 12 Fay residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fay.

12live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fay goes to work

Powers Lake20 mi away

17%2

Minot78.7 mi away

17%2

Clearbrook, MN344.9 mi away

8%1

Lignite7.8 mi away

8%1

Killdeer102.2 mi away

8%1

Williston62 mi away

8%1

Fargo305.9 mi away

8%1

Sioux Falls, SD465.3 mi away

8%1

Judson68.1 mi away

8%1

Vale5.7 mi away

8%1

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

How far

How far Fay commutes

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

17%

67%

17%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

67%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fay is a job hub

2.33jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fay are

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

Jobs based in Fay

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs Fay residents hold

12 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−44%

Jobs based in Fay, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 28. 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.