Work & commute · New Rockford

Work & commute in New Rockford, ND

Most working residents leave New Rockford for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are New Rockford (45%), Superior (11%) and Oberon (8%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 38 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 38 New Rockford residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Rockford.

38live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Rockford goes to work

New Rockford4 mi away

45%17

Superior6 mi away

11%4

Oberon15 mi away

8%3

Devils Lake28.6 mi away

8%3

Fargo121.1 mi away

5%2

Minnewaukan25.4 mi away

3%1

Warwick20 mi away

3%1

Medina58.2 mi away

3%1

Carrington18.8 mi away

3%1

Lisbon110.4 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%4

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

How far

How far New Rockford commutes

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

55%

16%

11%

18%

55%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Rockford is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Rockford are

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

Jobs based in New Rockford

22 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs New Rockford residents hold

38 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+267%

Jobs based in New Rockford, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 22. 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.