Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Hatton at work: jobs, income and the commute
202 jobs are based in Hatton, against 289 working residents. Only 8% work in Hatton itself; outside it, Grand Forks draws the most (28%, 26 miles). Commuters spend 20 minutes getting to work on average, next to 18 for North Dakota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hatton apart on work
The towns that employ Hatton’s residents
Where Hatton clocks in
28% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Hatton
On a workday 267 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Hatton on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.70 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.
Jobs in Hatton: what the 202 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hatton, 2013 → 2023: 218 → 202. 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 Hatton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Hatton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hatton workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 270 commuters (the 3% 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 Hatton
About 18% 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 Hatton: questions
What is the median household income in Hatton?
$76,111 (±$20,830) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hatton?
6.4%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hatton?
20 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hatton work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Forks (28%, 26 mi), Mayville (7%, 11 mi), Hillsboro (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hatton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hatton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hatton
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.