Work & commute · Jamestown

Work & commute in Jamestown, ND

57% of Jamestown’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fargo (8%), Bismarck (5%) and Fried (4%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57%

4,063 of 7,163 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 3,100 Jamestown residents head out of town to work, 4,063 work right here, and 3,498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jamestown.

3,100live here, work elsewhere

4,063live and work here

3,498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jamestown goes to work

Jamestown (in town)right here

57%4,063

Fargo88.1 mi away

8%559

Bismarck98.2 mi away

5%368

Fried8.2 mi away

4%316

Grand Forks102.7 mi away

2%173

West Fargo84.5 mi away

2%136

Midway3.9 mi away

1%105

Valley City32.6 mi away

1%99

Woodbury5.6 mi away

1%73

Mandan103.7 mi away

1%61

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%1,210

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

How far

How far Jamestown commutes

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

65%

29%

65%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jamestown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jamestown are

7,561 jobs are based in Jamestown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jamestown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jamestown

7,561 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Jamestown residents hold

7,163 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−7%

Jobs based in Jamestown, 2013 → 2023: 8,143 → 7,561. 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.