Work & commute · Inkster

Work & commute in Inkster, ND

Most working residents leave Inkster for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (48%), East Grand Forks (10%) and Grafton (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 21 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 20 Inkster residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Inkster.

20live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Inkster goes to work

Grand Forks30.3 mi away

48%10

East Grand Forks, MN32.9 mi away

10%2

Inkster (in town)right here

5%1

Grafton21.2 mi away

5%1

Wahpeton138.6 mi away

5%1

Devils Lake56.8 mi away

5%1

Dickinson255.6 mi away

5%1

West Fargo95.7 mi away

5%1

Fargo96.7 mi away

5%1

Grand Forks32.6 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

5%1

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

How far

How far Inkster commutes

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

67%

24%

5%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

67%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Inkster is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Inkster are

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

Jobs based in Inkster

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Inkster residents hold

21 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month52%

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.