Work & commute · Forward

Work & commute in Forward, ND

Most working residents leave Forward for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fessenden (27%), Harvey (16%) and Bowdon (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 37 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 37 Forward residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Forward.

37live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Forward goes to work

Fessenden12.5 mi away

27%10

Harvey5 mi away

16%6

Bowdon18.8 mi away

5%2

New Rockford34.4 mi away

5%2

Dickinson148.2 mi away

5%2

Bismarck75 mi away

5%2

Midland, MI804.7 mi away

3%1

Bottineau80.9 mi away

3%1

Carrington39.2 mi away

3%1

Grafton123.8 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%9

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

How far

How far Forward commutes

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

19%

35%

38%

19%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Forward is a job hub

2.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Forward are

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

Jobs based in Forward

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities98%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Forward residents hold

37 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+103%

Jobs based in Forward, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 81. 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.