Work & commute · Dora

Work & commute in Dora, MN

Most working residents leave Dora for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Perham (21%), Detroit Lakes (14%) and Fargo (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 256 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Dora residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dora.

255live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dora goes to work

Perham11.8 mi away

21%53

Detroit Lakes15.8 mi away

14%35

Fargo, ND51.5 mi away

8%21

Fergus Falls23.5 mi away

7%19

Pelican Rapids12.4 mi away

7%18

Willmar107.3 mi away

3%8

Vergas5 mi away

2%5

Moorhead47.8 mi away

2%5

West Fargo, ND54.7 mi away

2%4

Perham10.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%84

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

How far

How far Dora commutes

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

55%

11%

28%

6%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dora is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dora are

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

Jobs based in Dora

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Dora residents hold

256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+567%

Jobs based in Dora, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 20. 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.