Work & commute · Hankinson

Work & commute in Hankinson, ND

Most working residents leave Hankinson for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (16%), Wahpeton (9%) and Lidgerwood (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

52 of 379 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 327 Hankinson residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 545 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hankinson.

327live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

545work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hankinson goes to work

Fargo54.7 mi away

16%61

Hankinson (in town)right here

14%52

Wahpeton19.1 mi away

9%33

Lidgerwood12.2 mi away

7%28

Greendale7.2 mi away

6%22

West Fargo54.2 mi away

4%14

Gwinner38.2 mi away

3%13

Center15 mi away

3%12

Forman35.8 mi away

2%8

Wyndmere17.5 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%128

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

How far

How far Hankinson commutes

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

23%

31%

10%

36%

23%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hankinson is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hankinson are

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

Jobs based in Hankinson

597 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Hankinson residents hold

379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+114%

Jobs based in Hankinson, 2013 → 2023: 279 → 597. 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.