Work & commute · Fargo

Work & commute in Fargo, OK

Most working residents leave Fargo for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Shattuck (22%), Woodward (15%) and Oklahoma City (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 109 Fargo residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fargo.

109live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fargo goes to work

Shattuck16.1 mi away

22%26

Woodward12.6 mi away

15%18

Fargo (in town)right here

8%9

Oklahoma City133.6 mi away

8%9

Gage8.5 mi away

3%4

Tulsa208 mi away

3%3

Arnett18.6 mi away

2%2

Beaver58.6 mi away

2%2

Montezuma, KS95.8 mi away

1%1

Ulysses, KS126.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%43

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

How far

How far Fargo commutes

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

16%

43%

10%

30%

16%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fargo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fargo are

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

Jobs based in Fargo

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Fargo residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+21%

Jobs based in Fargo, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 99. 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.