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Work & commute · Hope

Work & commute in Hope, ND

Most working residents leave Hope for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (13%), Finley (11%) and Golden Lake (11%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
11%
10 of 88 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 78 Hope residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hope.

78live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
120work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Hope goes to work

HattonHopeCooperstownNorthwoodSharonMayvilleFinleyWest FargoGrand ForksFargoNewburghRiversideSherbrookeHugoCarpenterGolden LakeWillow LakeFargoFinleyGolden LakeMayvilleGrand ForksSherbrookeCooperstownNorthwoodHattonHope
1
Fargo52.6 mi away
13%11
2
Hope (in town)right here
11%10
3
Finley14.1 mi away
11%10
4
Golden Lake15.2 mi away
11%10
5
Mayville21.9 mi away
9%8
6
Grand Forks50.6 mi away
6%5
7
Sherbrooke9.4 mi away
5%4
8
Cooperstown20.8 mi away
3%3
9
Northwood29 mi away
3%3
10
Hatton24.8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%22

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

How far

How far Hope commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Hope is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hope are

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

Jobs based in Hope

130 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)45%
Trade, transport & utilities4%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Hope residents hold

88 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month53%
+8%

Jobs based in Hope, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 130. 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.

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