Work & commute · Fessenden

Work & commute in Fessenden, ND

Most working residents leave Fessenden for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Harvey (16%), Fargo (9%) and Carrington (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

24 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 104 Fessenden residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fessenden.

104live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fessenden goes to work

Fessenden (in town)right here

19%24

Harvey16.7 mi away

16%21

Fargo142 mi away

9%11

Carrington26.8 mi away

5%7

Bismarck78.7 mi away

5%7

New Rockford22.9 mi away

5%6

Hillsdale20.4 mi away

5%6

Jamestown67.5 mi away

3%4

Germantown8.5 mi away

2%3

Devils Lake47.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%37

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

How far

How far Fessenden commutes

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

22%

33%

12%

34%

22%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fessenden is a job hub

1.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fessenden are

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

Jobs based in Fessenden

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Fessenden residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−8%

Jobs based in Fessenden, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 217. 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.