Work & commute · McDonaldsville

Work & commute in McDonaldsville, MN

Most working residents leave McDonaldsville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ada (30%), Fargo (14%) and Moorhead (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 66 McDonaldsville residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McDonaldsville.

66live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McDonaldsville goes to work

Ada2.1 mi away

30%21

Fargo, ND32.4 mi away

14%10

Moorhead30.7 mi away

7%5

Borup6.5 mi away

6%4

McDonaldsville (in town)right here

6%4

Mahnomen24.7 mi away

4%3

Grand Forks, ND52.6 mi away

3%2

Moland24.5 mi away

3%2

Eldorado, ND27.9 mi away

3%2

Ulen17.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%16

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

How far

How far McDonaldsville commutes

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

45%

35%

13%

45%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McDonaldsville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McDonaldsville are

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

Jobs based in McDonaldsville

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities62%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs McDonaldsville residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+1%

Jobs based in McDonaldsville, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 69. 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.