Work & commute · Dilworth

Work & commute in Dilworth, MN

Most working residents leave Dilworth for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (41%), Moorhead (22%) and West Fargo (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

167 of 2,190 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,023 Dilworth residents head out of town to work, 167 work right here, and 992 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dilworth.

2,023live here, work elsewhere

167live and work here

992work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dilworth goes to work

Fargo, ND6.4 mi away

41%905

Moorhead2.5 mi away

22%477

Dilworth (in town)right here

8%167

West Fargo, ND10 mi away

6%128

Felton16.3 mi away

2%48

Medina196.9 mi away

2%37

Grand Forks, ND74.2 mi away

1%30

Glyndon5.6 mi away

1%23

Detroit Lakes40.5 mi away

1%19

Hawley17.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%339

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

How far

How far Dilworth commutes

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

77%

13%

77%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dilworth is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dilworth are

1,159 jobs are based in Dilworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dilworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dilworth

1,159 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Dilworth residents hold

2,190 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+52%

Jobs based in Dilworth, 2013 → 2023: 762 → 1,159. 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.