Work & commute · Thompson

Work & commute in Thompson, ND

Most working residents leave Thompson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (63%), Fargo (7%) and East Grand Forks (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 537 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 528 Thompson residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thompson.

528live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thompson goes to work

Grand Forks10 mi away

63%340

Fargo64.2 mi away

7%36

East Grand Forks, MN11.4 mi away

3%14

Bismarck184.1 mi away

2%10

Thompson (in town)right here

2%9

Northwood21.6 mi away

2%9

Grand Forks6.7 mi away

2%9

Crookston, MN23.1 mi away

1%8

Hillsboro25.7 mi away

1%4

Devils Lake85.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%94

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

How far

How far Thompson commutes

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

51%

28%

17%

51%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thompson is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Thompson are

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

Jobs based in Thompson

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Thompson residents hold

537 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+32%

Jobs based in Thompson, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 187. 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.