Work & commute · Grafton

Work & commute in Grafton, ND

53% of Grafton’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (9%), Fargo (5%) and Park River (3%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

1,044 of 1,964 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 920 Grafton residents head out of town to work, 1,044 work right here, and 1,390 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grafton.

920live here, work elsewhere

1,044live and work here

1,390work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grafton goes to work

Grafton (in town)right here

53%1,044

Grand Forks37.2 mi away

9%184

Fargo110.4 mi away

5%98

Park River15.5 mi away

3%51

St. Andrews10.8 mi away

2%33

Grafton3.1 mi away

2%31

Bismarck191.6 mi away

1%29

Devils Lake70.7 mi away

1%23

Minto8.5 mi away

1%21

Acton9.4 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%430

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

How far

How far Grafton commutes

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

59%

10%

13%

17%

59%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grafton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grafton are

2,434 jobs are based in Grafton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grafton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grafton

2,434 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Grafton residents hold

1,964 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+15%

Jobs based in Grafton, 2013 → 2023: 2,111 → 2,434. 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.