Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and the daily commute in Kulm
Kulm has 159 jobs, against 115 working residents. About one in seven work in Kulm itself; outside it, Edgeley draws the most (12%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 16 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
The daily commute in and out of Kulm
On a workday 101 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Kulm on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 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.
Where people from Kulm work
Where Kulm clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Kulm
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kulm, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 159. 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 Kulm’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Kulm: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kulm workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 199 commuters (the 13% 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 Kulm to work
About 40% 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 Kulm: questions
What is the median household income in Kulm?
$81,250 (±$27,827) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kulm?
5.5%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kulm?
16 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kulm work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edgeley (12%, 12 mi), Jamestown (8%, 43 mi), Fargo (7%, 108 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kulm without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kulm, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kulm
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.