Work & commute · Hillsboro

Work & commute in Hillsboro, ND

About one in 3 of Hillsboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (10%), Eldorado (7%) and Fargo (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

189 of 549 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 360 Hillsboro residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 444 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hillsboro.

360live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

444work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hillsboro goes to work

Hillsboro (in town)right here

34%189

Grand Forks35.7 mi away

10%53

Eldorado4.6 mi away

7%39

Fargo38.8 mi away

7%38

Mayville13.9 mi away

4%23

Hillsboro3.1 mi away

3%16

Bismarck178.9 mi away

3%15

West Fargo38.3 mi away

2%10

Devils Lake97.4 mi away

1%8

Jamestown83.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%151

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

How far

How far Hillsboro commutes

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

48%

12%

23%

17%

48%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hillsboro is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hillsboro are

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

Jobs based in Hillsboro

633 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Hillsboro residents hold

549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+35%

Jobs based in Hillsboro, 2013 → 2023: 470 → 633. 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.