Work & commute · Great Bend

Work & commute in Great Bend, ND

Most working residents leave Great Bend for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fairmount (15%), Hankinson (15%) and Wahpeton (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 20 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 20 Great Bend residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Great Bend.

20live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Great Bend goes to work

Fairmount11.7 mi away

15%3

Hankinson7 mi away

15%3

Wahpeton12.1 mi away

10%2

Fargo49.1 mi away

10%2

Breckenridge, MN12.9 mi away

5%1

Hutchinson, MN146.5 mi away

5%1

Minnetonka, MN182.5 mi away

5%1

Bismarck194.2 mi away

5%1

Minot254.6 mi away

5%1

Sisseton, SD36 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%4

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

How far

How far Great Bend commutes

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

25%

40%

10%

25%

25%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Great Bend is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Great Bend are

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

Jobs based in Great Bend

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Great Bend residents hold

20 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−80%

Jobs based in Great Bend, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 1. 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.