Work & commute · Lisbon

Work & commute in Lisbon, ND

About one in 3 of Lisbon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Gwinner (22%), Fargo (10%) and West Fargo (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

371 of 1,088 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 717 Lisbon residents head out of town to work, 371 work right here, and 632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lisbon.

717live here, work elsewhere

371live and work here

632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lisbon goes to work

Lisbon (in town)right here

34%371

Gwinner14.4 mi away

22%239

Fargo50.1 mi away

10%112

West Fargo47 mi away

4%47

Valley City36.7 mi away

4%40

Enderlin13.3 mi away

2%20

Bismarck148.6 mi away

2%17

Grand Forks106.1 mi away

1%15

Wahpeton52.4 mi away

1%12

Island Park3.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%204

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

How far

How far Lisbon commutes

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

36%

27%

17%

20%

36%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lisbon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lisbon are

1,003 jobs are based in Lisbon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lisbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lisbon

1,003 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Lisbon residents hold

1,088 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−10%

Jobs based in Lisbon, 2013 → 2023: 1,110 → 1,003. 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.