Work & commute · Stanley

Work & commute in Stanley, ND

Most working residents leave Stanley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (71%), West Fargo (11%) and Moorhead (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 605 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 594 Stanley residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 690 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stanley.

594live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

690work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stanley goes to work

Fargo8 mi away

71%431

West Fargo8.2 mi away

11%69

Moorhead, MN9.1 mi away

4%25

Stanley (in town)right here

2%11

Horace3.5 mi away

2%10

Bismarck186 mi away

1%8

Grand Forks81.7 mi away

1%8

Wahpeton34.7 mi away

1%4

Frontier3.5 mi away

0%3

Felton, MN27.4 mi away

0%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

6%34

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

How far

How far Stanley commutes

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

83%

10%

83%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stanley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stanley are

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

Jobs based in Stanley

701 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Stanley residents hold

605 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+275%

Jobs based in Stanley, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 701. 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.