About half of Sabin’s working residents commute to Fargo
The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. Hardly any stay in Sabin for work; outside it, Fargo is the main destination (49%, 10 miles). 10% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sabin in brief
Many Sabin workers cross into North Dakota
63% of Sabin workers work outside Minnesota, most of them in North Dakota, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Nearly half of Sabin works in Fargo
160 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Fargo, ND, 10 miles away. That’s 49 times as many as work in Sabin itself. The commute map ↓
Sabin is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Sabin, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sabin has about 320 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 328 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Sabin’s residents
Where Sabin clocks in
49% of workers
21% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily commute in and out of Sabin
On a workday 326 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Sabin on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Sabin
42 jobs are based in Sabin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sabin, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 42. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sabin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Sabin: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sabin workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 343 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sabin
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Sabin: questions
What is the median household income in Sabin?
$128,500 (±$19,861) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sabin?
0.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sabin?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sabin work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Sabin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sabin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sabin
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.