Photo: Andrew Filer (afiler) · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in Hope
About one in ten work in Hope itself; outside it, Fargo draws the most (13%, 53 miles). At 18 minutes each way, commutes from Hope run about the North Dakota average. Employers in Hope report 130 jobs, and 88 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Hope: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 78 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 120 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Hope on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Hope to work: where people go
Where Hope clocks in
13% of workers
11% 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 jobs make up 45% of work in Hope
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hope, 2013 → 2023: 120 → 130. 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 Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 18 minutes from Hope
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hope workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 131 commuters (the 7% 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.
The distance from Hope to work
About 26% 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.
Around Hope: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hope workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope | – | — | — | 18 min | $54,125 |
| Carpenter Township | under 3% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Hugo Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Carpenter Township and Hugo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hope’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Hope: questions
What is the median household income in Hope?
$54,125 (±$12,487) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hope?
10.6%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hope?
18 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hope work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (13%, 53 mi), Finley (11%, 14 mi), Golden Lake Township (11%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hope 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 Hope, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hope
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.