Work & commute · Hunter

Work & commute in Hunter, ND

Most working residents leave Hunter for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (46%), West Fargo (10%) and Grand Forks (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 168 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 161 Hunter residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hunter.

161live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hunter goes to work

Fargo28.9 mi away

46%77

West Fargo27.1 mi away

10%16

Grand Forks50.7 mi away

5%8

Hunter (in town)right here

4%7

Casselton20.3 mi away

3%5

Bell3.8 mi away

3%5

Arthur5.9 mi away

2%4

Casselton17.6 mi away

2%3

Reed23.5 mi away

2%3

Felton, MN34.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%38

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

How far

How far Hunter commutes

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

13%

15%

65%

13%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

65%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hunter is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hunter are

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

Jobs based in Hunter

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Hunter residents hold

168 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+4%

Jobs based in Hunter, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 96. 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.