Work & commute · Horace

Work & commute in Horace, ND

Most working residents leave Horace for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (64%), West Fargo (15%) and Moorhead (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

94 of 2,420 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,326 Horace residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 441 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Horace.

2,326live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

441work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Horace goes to work

Fargo8.4 mi away

64%1,549

West Fargo7.1 mi away

15%365

Moorhead, MN10.8 mi away

5%118

Horace (in town)right here

4%94

Grand Forks80.8 mi away

1%26

Bismarck182.5 mi away

1%20

Stanley3.5 mi away

1%20

Reed13 mi away

1%18

Mapleton11.5 mi away

0%12

Kindred8.9 mi away

0%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

8%188

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

How far

How far Horace commutes

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

78%

15%

78%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Horace is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Horace are

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

Jobs based in Horace

535 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Horace residents hold

2,420 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+211%

Jobs based in Horace, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 535. 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.