Work & commute · Gibbs

Work & commute in Gibbs, ND

Most working residents leave Gibbs for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bismarck (65%), Mandan (7%) and Fargo (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 1,470 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,455 Gibbs residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gibbs.

1,455live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gibbs goes to work

Bismarck6.9 mi away

65%960

Mandan12 mi away

7%110

Fargo179.9 mi away

2%32

Minot99.8 mi away

1%21

Grand Forks181.5 mi away

1%18

Dickinson102.1 mi away

1%17

Gibbs (in town)right here

1%14

Steele34 mi away

1%9

Jamestown91.8 mi away

1%9

West Fargo176.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%271

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

How far

How far Gibbs commutes

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

72%

16%

72%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gibbs is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.18 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gibbs are

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

Jobs based in Gibbs

266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Gibbs residents hold

1,470 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+94%

Jobs based in Gibbs, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 266. 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.