Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0About half of Hampden’s working residents commute to Devils Lake
At home: 10% of workers have no commute at all (North Dakota 8%). Only 6% work in Hampden; the top destination outside it is Devils Lake (47%, 31 miles). There are 11 jobs in Hampden for 17 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Hampden quiets down on a workday
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22 people are in Hampden on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.65 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 Hampden’s working residents head each day
Where Hampden clocks in
47% of workers
12% 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.
What Hampden’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hampden, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 11. 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 Hampden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Hampden
of Hampden workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hampden
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 Hampden: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hampden?
28.6%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Hampden work?
6% work in town.
Can you get around Hampden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 36% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hampden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hampden
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.