Work & commute · Rugby

Work & commute in Rugby, ND

45% of Rugby’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fargo (5%), Minot (5%) and Bismarck (4%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45%

449 of 1,001 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 552 Rugby residents head out of town to work, 449 work right here, and 696 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rugby.

552live here, work elsewhere

449live and work here

696work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rugby goes to work

Rugby (in town)right here

45%449

Fargo180.1 mi away

5%51

Minot59.8 mi away

5%47

Bismarck113.1 mi away

4%39

Harvey40.7 mi away

3%27

Devils Lake54.2 mi away

2%20

Grand Forks137.3 mi away

1%15

Williston168.7 mi away

1%10

Bottineau37.9 mi away

1%9

Watford City156 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%325

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

How far

How far Rugby commutes

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

54%

10%

33%

54%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rugby is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rugby are

1,145 jobs are based in Rugby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rugby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rugby

1,145 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Rugby residents hold

1,001 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−17%

Jobs based in Rugby, 2013 → 2023: 1,375 → 1,145. 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.