Work & commute · Pembina

Work & commute in Pembina, ND

About one in 3 of Pembina’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Neche (12%), Cavalier (7%) and Fargo (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

61 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 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 128 Pembina residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pembina.

128live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pembina goes to work

Pembina (in town)right here

32%61

Neche13.9 mi away

12%23

Cavalier20.8 mi away

7%14

Fargo146.5 mi away

6%11

Grand Forks72.7 mi away

5%10

Pembina3.2 mi away

4%7

Joliette11.9 mi away

3%5

Grafton38.9 mi away

2%4

Bismarck220.7 mi away

2%3

Cavalier20.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%48

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

How far

How far Pembina commutes

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

37%

27%

29%

37%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pembina is a job hub

2.05jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Pembina are

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

Jobs based in Pembina

387 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Pembina residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−24%

Jobs based in Pembina, 2013 → 2023: 507 → 387. 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.