Work & commute · Frontier

Work & commute in Frontier, ND

Most working residents leave Frontier for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (76%), West Fargo (7%) and Moorhead (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 98 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 98 Frontier residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frontier.

98live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frontier goes to work

Fargo4.5 mi away

76%74

West Fargo5.3 mi away

7%7

Moorhead, MN6.1 mi away

3%3

Lake Park, MN35.2 mi away

2%2

Minot229.8 mi away

2%2

Grand Forks78.2 mi away

2%2

Stanley3.5 mi away

2%2

Fosston, MN74.3 mi away

1%1

Lakeland, MN233.5 mi away

1%1

Kindred13.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

3%3

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

How far

How far Frontier commutes

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

88%

88%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frontier is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Frontier are

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

Jobs based in Frontier

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Frontier residents hold

98 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+89%

Jobs based in Frontier, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 87. 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.