Work & commute · McGahan

Work & commute in McGahan, ND

Most working residents leave McGahan for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Stanley (13%), Fargo (13%) and New Town (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 15 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 14 McGahan residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McGahan.

14live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McGahan goes to work

Stanley13.7 mi away

13%2

Fargo265.8 mi away

13%2

New Town29.6 mi away

7%1

Tioga38.8 mi away

7%1

Parshall25.8 mi away

7%1

Jamestown186.9 mi away

7%1

McGahan (in town)right here

7%1

Van Hook26.1 mi away

7%1

West Bank42.2 mi away

7%1

Kenmare24.7 mi away

7%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%3

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

How far

How far McGahan commutes

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

27%

33%

7%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McGahan is a job hub

4.80jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McGahan are

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

Jobs based in McGahan

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities96%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month3%

Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs McGahan residents hold

15 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month93%

+44%

Jobs based in McGahan, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 72. 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.