Larimore City Hall · Photo: Mathieu S. Nicklay · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Larimore commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
247 jobs are based in Larimore for 455 working residents. Larimore grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten stay in Larimore for work; outside it, Grand Forks is the main destination (39%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Larimore: the gist
39% of Larimore works in Grand Forks
179 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Grand Forks, 25 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Larimore itself. The commute map ↓
Larimore workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 18 across North Dakota. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 455 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Larimore’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Larimore is better than 38% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Larimore’s grade up ($87,546, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Larimore’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Larimore could be anywhere from D to B.
The towns that employ Larimore’s residents
Where Larimore clocks in
39% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Larimore
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Larimore workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 573 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.
Larimore by day and by night
On a workday 401 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Larimore on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
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 Larimore: what the 247 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Larimore, 2013 → 2023: 316 → 247. 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 Larimore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Larimore commutes
About 21% 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.
For most of Larimore, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Larimore is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.2% across North Dakota, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 593 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). 1.7% of Larimore households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Larimore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,800, Larimore ranks 2,545th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 101 | Reed Township ND | 1,151 | $131K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 191 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 376 | Sundre Township ND | 1,024 | $107K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,543 | Taft Southwest TX | 1,635 | $56K | 10.6% | 11.4% | 0% | C+ |
| 2,544 | Pine Mountain GA | 1,303 | $91K | 18.5% | 1.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,545 | Larimore ND | 1,359 | $88K | 8.3% | 2.5% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,546 | Rocky Ridge UT | 1,078 | $96K | 12.7% | 1.6% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,547 | Sumas WA | 1,672 | $89K | 9.7% | 2.5% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Larimore, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
Larimore and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Larimore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larimore | – | C+ | B | 28 min | $87,546 |
| Larimore Township | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Arvilla Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Larimore Township and Arvilla Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Larimore’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 Larimore: questions
What is the median household income in Larimore?
$87,546 (±$29,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Larimore?
8.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Larimore?
28 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Larimore work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Forks (39%, 25 mi), Fargo (5%, 81 mi), East Grand Forks (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Larimore walkable?
Larimore is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Larimore without a car?
2% 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 Larimore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Larimore
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.