About half of Kindred’s working residents commute to Fargo
Measured by household income, Kindred is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Kindred are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten work in Kindred; the top destination outside it is Fargo (50%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Kindred
More than half of Kindred works in Fargo
253 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Fargo, 17 miles away. That’s 6 times as many as work in Kindred itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Kindred
74% of Kindred residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Kindred pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Kindred pay little
26% of the jobs based in Kindred pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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; with 503 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Kindred
On income, poverty and job access, Kindred is better than 80% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Kindred’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Kindred’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Kindred could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The towns that employ Kindred’s residents
Where Kindred clocks in
50% of workers
9% of workers
3% 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 Kindred’s employers do
376 jobs are based in Kindred.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kindred, 2013 → 2023: 309 → 376. 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 Kindred’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Kindred, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 457 residents head out to work, 46 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Kindred on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.75 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.
Time on the road from Kindred: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kindred workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 492 commuters (the 11% 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.
Miles to work from Kindred
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.
Most trips from Kindred start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kindred is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kindred near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 555 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.0% of Kindred households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kindred’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Kindred ranks: 268th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Reed Township ND | 1,151 | $131K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Sundre Township ND | 1,024 | $107K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | Danvers IL | 1,062 | $89K | 4.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 267 | Avalon NJ | 1,205 | $139K | 4.8% | 3.9% | 18% | A− |
| 268 | Kindred ND | 1,044 | $105K | 3.5% | 1.6% | 9% | A− |
| 269 | Rock Creek WI | 1,013 | $104K | 2.8% | 3.7% | 1% | A− |
| 270 | Philpot KY | 1,036 | $88K | 1.2% | 5.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Kindred, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
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 Kindred: questions
What is the median household income in Kindred?
$105,104 (±$14,140) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kindred?
3.5%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kindred?
22 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kindred work?
9% work in town.
Is Kindred walkable?
Kindred is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kindred without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kindred, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kindred
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.