Work & commute · Fort Totten

Work & commute in Fort Totten, ND

Most working residents leave Fort Totten for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Oberon (28%), Mission (19%) and Devils Lake (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

20 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 150 Fort Totten residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 281 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Totten.

150live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

281work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Totten goes to work

Oberon9.3 mi away

28%47

Mission8.3 mi away

19%32

Fort Totten (in town)right here

12%20

Devils Lake11.8 mi away

6%11

Fargo127.7 mi away

6%11

Wood Lake10.4 mi away

3%5

Minnewaukan13 mi away

2%4

New Rockford20.9 mi away

2%3

Rolla66.2 mi away

1%2

Mapleton118.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%33

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

How far

How far Fort Totten commutes

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

51%

22%

25%

51%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Totten is a job hub

1.77jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Totten are

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

Jobs based in Fort Totten

301 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Fort Totten residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+301%

Jobs based in Fort Totten, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 301. 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.