Work & commute · Reed

Work & commute in Reed, ND

Most working residents leave Reed for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (60%), West Fargo (16%) and Moorhead (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 433 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 429 Reed residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 1,230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reed.

429live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

1,230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reed goes to work

Fargo5.8 mi away

60%260

West Fargo6.1 mi away

16%70

Moorhead, MN8 mi away

3%14

Bismarck184.3 mi away

3%14

Mapleton9.4 mi away

2%7

Grand Forks68.2 mi away

1%6

Casselton16.5 mi away

1%5

Dickinson279.7 mi away

1%5

Jamestown86.1 mi away

1%4

Reed (in town)right here

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

10%44

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

How far

How far Reed commutes

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

81%

13%

81%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reed is a job hub

2.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reed are

1,234 jobs are based in Reed. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reed’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Reed

1,234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Reed residents hold

433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+505%

Jobs based in Reed, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 1,234. 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.