Photo: Billybob2002 · CC BY 4.0Horace’s household incomes are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 4.3% of residents, where North Dakota as a whole has 10.8%. For jobs and income Horace is better than 96% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 4% work in Horace itself; outside it, Fargo draws the most (64%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Horace in brief
Much of Horace works one town over
80% of working residents work in a town that borders Horace: Fargo (64%), West Fargo (15%) and Stanley Township (1%). Next door ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Horace’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 29 minutes, longer than the North Dakota average of 18. Time on the road ↓
Most Horace residents work close to home
78% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Horace is a place people come home to
There are 535 jobs based in Horace, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Horace has about 5,100 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Horace’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input (0.4%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Horace could be anywhere from A to A+.
How long Horace spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Horace workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,302 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Horace
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.
The daily flow of workers through Horace
On a workday 2,326 residents head out to work, 94 work right here, and 441 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,100 people are in Horace on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.22 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.
Out of Horace to work: where people go
Where Horace clocks in
64% of workers
15% 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 535 jobs based in Horace
535 jobs are based in Horace.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Horace, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 535. 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 Horace’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Horace, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.2% across North Dakota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,566 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 14% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.2% of Horace households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Horace’s commuters take a bus or train.
Horace places 176th of 3,227 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 174 | Allen Township PA | 5,693 | $103K | 3.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| 175 | St. Paul Park MN | 5,396 | $101K | 5.0% | 1.7% | 4% | A+ |
| 176 | Horace ND | 7,001 | $139K | 4.3% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 177 | North Salem NY | 5,181 | $179K | 3.1% | 2.7% | 9% | A+ |
| 178 | Pequea Township PA | 6,372 | $109K | 4.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,189 | Watford City ND | 6,378 | $102K | 7.8% | 0.6% | 38% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,238 | Wahpeton ND | 8,141 | $63K | 15.6% | 1.7% | 39% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,638 | Devils Lake ND | 7,333 | $43K | 21.8% | 1.7% | 53% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,227 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Horace, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
Horace and its neighbors: 80% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Horace workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horace | – | A+ | C− | 29 min | $138,578 |
| Stanley Township | 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Fargo | 64% | B− | A | 16 min | $66,998 |
| Warren Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Pleasant Township | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Normanna Township | under 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| West Fargo | 15% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $90,665 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stanley Township, Warren Township, Pleasant Township and Normanna Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fargo. Darker towns draw more of Horace’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 Horace: questions
What is the median household income in Horace?
$138,578 (±$15,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Horace?
4.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Horace?
29 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Horace work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (64%, 8 mi), West Fargo (15%, 7 mi), Moorhead (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Horace walkable?
Horace is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Horace without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Horace, from the people who make the trip.
More of Horace
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.