Work & commute · Park River

Work & commute in Park River, ND

About one in 3 of Park River’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grafton (19%), Grand Forks (7%) and Fargo (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

207 of 605 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 398 Park River residents head out of town to work, 207 work right here, and 424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park River.

398live here, work elsewhere

207live and work here

424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park River goes to work

Park River (in town)right here

34%207

Grafton15.5 mi away

19%113

Grand Forks44.4 mi away

7%43

Fargo113.7 mi away

7%41

Kensington2 mi away

5%31

Fertile6.7 mi away

2%10

Bismarck178.1 mi away

1%8

Oakwood18.6 mi away

1%8

Minot162.8 mi away

1%6

Grafton12.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%132

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

How far

How far Park River commutes

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

42%

27%

12%

19%

42%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park River is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Park River are

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

Jobs based in Park River

631 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Park River residents hold

605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−8%

Jobs based in Park River, 2013 → 2023: 689 → 631. 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.