Work & commute · Grace

Work & commute in Grace, ND

Most working residents leave Grace for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Carrington (47%), Fargo (12%) and Carrington (12%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 16 Grace residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grace.

16live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grace goes to work

Carrington16.7 mi away

47%8

Fargo104.1 mi away

12%2

Carrington13.8 mi away

12%2

Grace City (in town)right here

6%1

New Rockford17.9 mi away

6%1

Jamestown44.9 mi away

6%1

Dickinson192.8 mi away

6%1

Rose Hill9.4 mi away

6%1

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

How far

How far Grace commutes

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

71%

18%

6%Under 10 mi

71%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grace is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grace are

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

Jobs based in Grace

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Grace residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+178%

Jobs based in Grace, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 25. 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.