Work & commute · New Rockford

Work & commute in New Rockford, ND

About one in 3 of New Rockford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Carrington (8%), Fargo (8%) and Superior (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

177 of 583 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 406 New Rockford residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Rockford.

406live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

338work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Rockford goes to work

New Rockford (in town)right here

30%177

Carrington15.7 mi away

8%44

Fargo122 mi away

8%44

Superior4.2 mi away

5%32

Devils Lake32.3 mi away

5%31

Grand Forks96.6 mi away

4%21

Oberon17.2 mi away

3%19

Fort Totten20.9 mi away

3%19

Bismarck97.1 mi away

3%16

Jamestown57.4 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%170

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.

38%

21%

13%

29%

38%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Rockford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Rockford are

515 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

515 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs New Rockford residents hold

583 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−4%

Jobs based in New Rockford, 2013 → 2023: 536 → 515. 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.