Photo: afiler · CC BY-SA 2.0Making a living in Fingal
Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. Hardly any stay in Fingal for work; outside it, Valley City is the main destination (21%, 15 miles). 27 jobs are based in Fingal for 43 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Fingal, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 70 people are in Fingal on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.63 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 places Fingal commutes to
Where Fingal clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 67% of the jobs in Fingal
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fingal, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 27. 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 Fingal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Fingal
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fingal workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 117 commuters (the 9% 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 Fingal’s workers travel
About 24% 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 Fingal: questions
What is the median household income in Fingal?
$56,944 (±$25,784) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fingal?
6.9%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fingal?
26 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fingal work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Valley City (21%, 15 mi), Fargo (14%, 46 mi), Lisbon (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fingal 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 Fingal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fingal
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.