Work & commute · Forman

Work & commute in Forman, ND

Most working residents leave Forman for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Gwinner (27%), Fargo (9%) and Milnor (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

32 of 202 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 170 Forman residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forman.

170live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forman goes to work

Gwinner8.8 mi away

27%54

Forman (in town)right here

16%32

Fargo65.1 mi away

9%18

Milnor13.9 mi away

6%13

Wahpeton50.4 mi away

4%8

Bismarck156.9 mi away

4%8

Lisbon23.3 mi away

3%7

West Fargo62.7 mi away

3%6

Milnor13.2 mi away

2%4

Brampton12.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%48

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

How far

How far Forman commutes

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

46%

20%

28%

46%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forman is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Forman are

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

Jobs based in Forman

267 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Forman residents hold

202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+13%

Jobs based in Forman, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 267. 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.