Work & commute · Kenmare

Work & commute in Kenmare, ND

About one in 4 of Kenmare’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Minot (21%), Bismarck (5%) and Fargo (3%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

99 of 415 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 316 Kenmare residents head out of town to work, 99 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kenmare.

316live here, work elsewhere

99live and work here

309work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kenmare goes to work

Kenmare (in town)right here

24%99

Minot47.3 mi away

21%89

Bismarck142 mi away

5%20

Fargo273.6 mi away

3%11

Berthold28.5 mi away

3%11

Williston79.6 mi away

2%9

Stanley29 mi away

2%7

Kenmare2.6 mi away

2%7

Judson86.6 mi away

1%5

Tioga44.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%152

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

How far

How far Kenmare commutes

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

27%

37%

33%

27%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kenmare is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kenmare are

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

Jobs based in Kenmare

408 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Kenmare residents hold

415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−29%

Jobs based in Kenmare, 2013 → 2023: 577 → 408. 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.