Work & commute · Sanborn

Work & commute in Sanborn, ND

Most working residents leave Sanborn for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Valley City (23%), Fargo (21%) and Jamestown (14%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 73 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 72 Sanborn residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sanborn.

72live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sanborn goes to work

Valley City10.5 mi away

23%17

Fargo66.1 mi away

21%15

Jamestown22.3 mi away

14%10

Cooperstown35 mi away

5%4

Bismarck120.5 mi away

5%4

Moorhead, MN70 mi away

3%2

Grand Forks85.9 mi away

3%2

Burnsville, MN281.5 mi away

1%1

Sanborn (in town)right here

1%1

Drayton121.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%16

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

How far

How far Sanborn commutes

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

42%

11%

41%

5%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sanborn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sanborn are

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

Jobs based in Sanborn

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Sanborn residents hold

73 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+738%

Jobs based in Sanborn, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 67. 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.