Work & commute · Kulm

Work & commute in Kulm, ND

Most working residents leave Kulm for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Edgeley (12%), Jamestown (8%) and Fargo (7%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

14 of 115 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 101 Kulm residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kulm.

101live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kulm goes to work

Kulm (in town)right here

12%14

Edgeley11.9 mi away

12%14

Jamestown43.4 mi away

8%9

Fargo107.8 mi away

7%8

Bismarck93.5 mi away

6%7

Marion36 mi away

4%5

Linton61.5 mi away

3%4

Valley City62 mi away

3%4

Golden Glen10.3 mi away

3%3

Jud15.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%45

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

How far

How far Kulm commutes

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

13%

23%

40%

13%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kulm is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kulm are

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

Jobs based in Kulm

159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Kulm residents hold

115 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+24%

Jobs based in Kulm, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 159. 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.