Work & commute · Grand Forks AFB

Work & commute in Grand Forks AFB, ND

Most working residents leave Grand Forks AFB for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (33%), Fargo (17%) and Bismarck (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

28 of 250 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 222 Grand Forks AFB residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Forks AFB.

222live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Forks AFB goes to work

Grand Forks14.3 mi away

33%83

Fargo79.8 mi away

17%42

Grand Forks AFB (in town)right here

11%28

Bismarck176.6 mi away

6%15

East Grand Forks, MN17.6 mi away

3%7

West Fargo79.1 mi away

2%6

Minot180.4 mi away

2%6

Jamestown94.7 mi away

1%3

Dickinson263.1 mi away

1%3

Grand Forks15.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%54

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

How far

How far Grand Forks AFB commutes

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

11%

39%

47%

11%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Forks AFB is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Forks AFB are

312 jobs are based in Grand Forks AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand Forks AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grand Forks AFB

312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Grand Forks AFB residents hold

250 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+7%

Jobs based in Grand Forks AFB, 2013 → 2023: 291 → 312. 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.