Work & commute · Island Park

Work & commute in Island Park, ND

Most working residents leave Island Park for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lisbon (27%), Gwinner (11%) and Fargo (11%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 116 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 115 Island Park residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Island Park.

115live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Island Park goes to work

Lisbon3.1 mi away

27%31

Gwinner12.7 mi away

11%13

Fargo53.2 mi away

11%13

Valley City37.9 mi away

5%6

West Fargo50.1 mi away

5%6

Bismarck146.9 mi away

4%5

Moorhead, MN56.5 mi away

3%3

Aberdeen, SD74.1 mi away

3%3

Aliceton9.3 mi away

3%3

Wahpeton54.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%31

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

How far

How far Island Park commutes

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

32%

18%

12%

38%

32%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Island Park is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Island Park are

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

Jobs based in Island Park

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)15%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Island Park residents hold

116 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−31%

Jobs based in Island Park, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 65. 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.