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Work & commute · Mentor

Work & commute in Mentor, ND

Most working residents leave Mentor for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Crosby (56%), Williston (11%) and Fargo (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
11%
1 of 9 working residents
Typical commute
14 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 8 Mentor residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mentor.

8live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Mentor goes to work

HendersonNoonanCrosbyDickinsonWillistonFargoForthunHawkeyeCoalfieldLong CreekMentorCrosbyWillistonFargoHawkeyeMentor
1
Crosby13.9 mi away
56%5
2
Williston60.2 mi away
11%1
3
Fargo319.6 mi away
11%1
4
Hawkeye13.8 mi away
11%1
5
Mentor (in town)right here
11%1

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

How far

How far Mentor commutes

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

11%Under 10 mi
67%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Mentor is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mentor are

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

Jobs based in Mentor

10 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities70%
Services (health, schools, offices…)10%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month10%
Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Mentor residents hold

9 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)78%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month56%
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.

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