Work & commute · Minto

Work & commute in Minto, ND

Most working residents leave Minto for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Grafton (22%), Grand Forks (15%) and Fargo (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

27 of 254 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 227 Minto residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minto.

227live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

123work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minto goes to work

Grafton8.5 mi away

22%57

Grand Forks28.9 mi away

15%38

Minto (in town)right here

11%27

Fargo101.9 mi away

9%22

St. Andrews15.9 mi away

4%11

East Grand Forks, MN30.1 mi away

3%8

Oakwood8.4 mi away

3%8

Acton12.1 mi away

2%6

Park River18.3 mi away

2%5

Minot179.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%68

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

How far

How far Minto commutes

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

41%

14%

26%

19%

41%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minto is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Minto are

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

Jobs based in Minto

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Minto residents hold

254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−40%

Jobs based in Minto, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 150. 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.