Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Fargo draws about half of Erie’s working residents
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 8% across North Dakota. Hardly any stay in Erie for work; outside it, Fargo is the main destination (48%, 32 miles). There are 2 jobs in Erie, and 25 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Erie
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 35 people are in Erie on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
Where Erie goes to work
Where Erie clocks in
48% of workers
20% of workers
8% 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.
In Erie, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Erie, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 2. 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 Erie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Erie
of Erie workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 0% 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.
How far it is to work from Erie
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 Erie: questions
What is the poverty rate in Erie?
24.1%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Erie work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Erie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Erie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Erie
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.