Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Ulen has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 355 people commute in to work
Employers in Ulen report 365 jobs for 185 working residents. Only 5% work in Ulen; the top destination outside it is Fargo (36%, 31 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ulen by day and by night
On a workday 175 residents head out to work and 10 work right here.
About 650 people are in Ulen on a workday afternoon, 38% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Ulen: where workers come from
Where Ulen clocks in
36% of workers
12% of workers
11% 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.
73% of the jobs in Ulen pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ulen, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 365. 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 Ulen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 15 minutes each way for Ulen’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ulen workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 132 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Ulen
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.
Next door to Ulen
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ulen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulen | – | — | — | 15 min | $60,556 |
| Ulen Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ulen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ulen’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 24% of Ulen workers work outside Minnesota. The job records count 41% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ulen: questions
What is the median household income in Ulen?
$60,556 (±$17,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ulen?
24.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ulen?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ulen work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (36%, 31 mi), Moorhead (12%, 27 mi), Hawley (11%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ulen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ulen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ulen
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.