Work & commute · Valley

Work & commute in Valley, ND

55% of Valley’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fargo (11%), Jamestown (4%) and Bismarck (4%). Half commute less than 1 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55%

1,709 of 3,080 working residents

Typical commute

1 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 1,371 Valley residents head out of town to work, 1,709 work right here, and 1,750 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley.

1,371live here, work elsewhere

1,709live and work here

1,750work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley goes to work

Valley City (in town)right here

55%1,709

Fargo55.6 mi away

11%354

Jamestown32.6 mi away

4%133

Bismarck130.8 mi away

4%109

Grand Forks81.1 mi away

2%72

West Fargo52.1 mi away

2%64

Valley3.1 mi away

2%52

Minot177.5 mi away

1%19

Wahpeton79.9 mi away

1%18

Moorhead, MN59.6 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%533

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

How far

How far Valley commutes

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

58%

31%

58%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley are

3,459 jobs are based in Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Valley

3,459 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Valley residents hold

3,080 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−8%

Jobs based in Valley, 2013 → 2023: 3,747 → 3,459. 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.