Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Galesburg commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%. 8 jobs are based in Galesburg, against 47 working residents. Hardly any stay in Galesburg for work; outside it, Mayville is the main destination (17%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Galesburg by day
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 73 people are in Galesburg on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Galesburg’s working residents head each day
Where Galesburg clocks in
17% of workers
13% of workers
13% 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.
75% of the jobs in Galesburg pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Galesburg, 2014 → 2024: 41 → 8. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Galesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 39 minutes from Galesburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Galesburg workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 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 many miles Galesburg commutes
About 15% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Galesburg: questions
What is the median household income in Galesburg?
$145,500 (±$56,322) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Galesburg?
2.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Galesburg?
39 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Galesburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mayville (17%, 16 mi), Hillsboro (13%, 19 mi), Fargo (13%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Galesburg 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 Galesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Galesburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.