Work & commute · Strabane

Work & commute in Strabane, ND

Most working residents leave Strabane for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (47%), Fargo (9%) and East Grand Forks (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 44 Strabane residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strabane.

44live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strabane goes to work

Grand Forks27.1 mi away

47%21

Fargo94.9 mi away

9%4

East Grand Forks, MN29.6 mi away

4%2

Grafton20.1 mi away

4%2

Ferry19 mi away

4%2

Crookston, MN51.3 mi away

2%1

Monticello, MN266.1 mi away

2%1

Gilby6.2 mi away

2%1

Manvel18.7 mi away

2%1

Lakota36.6 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%9

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

How far

How far Strabane commutes

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

22%

53%

20%

4%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

53%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strabane is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Strabane are

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

Jobs based in Strabane

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Strabane residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+26%

Jobs based in Strabane, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 63. 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.