Work & commute · Finley

Work & commute in Finley, ND

Most working residents leave Finley for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Hope (10%), Northwood (9%) and Fargo (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

19 of 127 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 108 Finley residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Finley.

108live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Finley goes to work

Finley (in town)right here

15%19

Hope14.1 mi away

10%13

Northwood19.7 mi away

9%11

Fargo65.1 mi away

9%11

Cooperstown14.3 mi away

6%7

Grand Forks44.8 mi away

5%6

Hatton19.6 mi away

4%5

Colgate18.3 mi away

3%4

Devils Lake63.5 mi away

2%3

Jamestown58.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%45

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

How far

How far Finley commutes

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

19%

36%

17%

28%

19%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Finley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Finley are

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

Jobs based in Finley

183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Finley residents hold

127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−28%

Jobs based in Finley, 2013 → 2023: 253 → 183. 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.