Work & commute · Oxbow

Work & commute in Oxbow, ND

Most working residents leave Oxbow for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (57%), West Fargo (9%) and Kindred (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 228 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Oxbow residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oxbow.

226live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oxbow goes to work

Fargo13.8 mi away

57%129

West Fargo14 mi away

9%20

Kindred9.4 mi away

5%12

Casselton24.5 mi away

3%6

Bismarck187.2 mi away

2%5

Moorhead, MN14.3 mi away

2%4

Enderlin36.9 mi away

2%4

Grand Forks87.6 mi away

2%4

Normanna8 mi away

2%4

Pleasant1.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%36

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

How far

How far Oxbow commutes

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

14%

71%

10%

14%Under 10 mi

71%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oxbow is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oxbow are

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

Jobs based in Oxbow

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Oxbow residents hold

228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+74%

Jobs based in Oxbow, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 59. 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.