Work & commute · Ada

Work & commute in Ada, MN

About one in 3 of Ada’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fargo (10%), Moorhead (4%) and Borup (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

299 of 797 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 498 Ada residents head out of town to work, 299 work right here, and 395 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ada.

498live here, work elsewhere

299live and work here

395work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ada goes to work

Ada (in town)right here

38%299

Fargo, ND33.4 mi away

10%82

Moorhead31.9 mi away

4%31

Borup8.2 mi away

4%29

Mahnomen25.7 mi away

3%22

McDonaldsville2.1 mi away

3%21

Lockhart10.3 mi away

2%17

Crookston33.1 mi away

2%15

West Fargo, ND35.5 mi away

2%14

Halstad14.9 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%254

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ada commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

29%

17%

47%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ada is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ada are

694 jobs are based in Ada. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ada’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ada

694 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Ada residents hold

797 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

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Jobs based in Ada, 2013 → 2023: 692 → 694. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.