State Bank of Edinburg · Photo: Snaebyllej · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Edinburg commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26). Edinburg has 26 jobs, against 67 working residents. Only 1% stay in Edinburg for work; outside it, Park River is the main destination (18%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Edinburg
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Edinburg on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer 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.
Where Edinburg’s working residents head each day
Where Edinburg clocks in
18% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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 kinds of work in Edinburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edinburg, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 26. 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 Edinburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Edinburg’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edinburg workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 86 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Edinburg to work
About 31% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Edinburg: questions
What is the median household income in Edinburg?
$54,375 (±$21,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edinburg?
8.8%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edinburg?
25 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edinburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Park River (18%, 9 mi), Grafton (13%, 22 mi), Fargo (9%, 122 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Edinburg 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 Edinburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edinburg
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.