Work & commute · Gwinner

Work & commute in Gwinner, ND

44% of Gwinner’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fargo (7%), Lisbon (6%) and Oakes (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

207 of 466 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 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 259 Gwinner residents head out of town to work, 207 work right here, and 1,542 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gwinner.

259live here, work elsewhere

207live and work here

1,542work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gwinner goes to work

Gwinner (in town)right here

44%207

Fargo58.8 mi away

7%31

Lisbon14.4 mi away

6%27

Oakes21.6 mi away

3%16

Forman8.8 mi away

3%12

West Fargo56.2 mi away

3%12

Milnor9.8 mi away

2%10

Bismarck153.4 mi away

2%10

Moorhead, MN61.6 mi away

2%7

Valley City50.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%128

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

How far

How far Gwinner commutes

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

49%

15%

30%

49%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gwinner is a job hub

3.75jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Gwinner are

1,749 jobs are based in Gwinner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gwinner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gwinner

1,749 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month88%

Jobs Gwinner residents hold

466 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−3%

Jobs based in Gwinner, 2013 → 2023: 1,800 → 1,749. 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.