Work & commute · Gardner

Work & commute in Gardner, ND

Most working residents leave Gardner for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (47%), West Fargo (8%) and Arthur (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 72 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 70 Gardner residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gardner.

70live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gardner goes to work

Fargo20.4 mi away

47%34

West Fargo20 mi away

8%6

Arthur12.1 mi away

6%4

Casselton20.6 mi away

6%4

Gardner (in town)right here

3%2

Hunter11.9 mi away

3%2

Mapleton17.9 mi away

3%2

Empire21.3 mi away

3%2

Dilworth, MN22.4 mi away

1%1

Chanhassen, MN227.6 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%14

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

How far

How far Gardner commutes

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

82%

4%Under 10 mi

82%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gardner is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gardner are

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

Jobs based in Gardner

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Gardner residents hold

72 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+609%

Jobs based in Gardner, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 78. 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.