Work & commute · Wild Rice

Work & commute in Wild Rice, MN

Most working residents leave Wild Rice for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mahnomen (10%), Fargo (8%) and Ulen (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 129 Wild Rice residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wild Rice.

129live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wild Rice goes to work

Mahnomen13.2 mi away

10%13

Fargo, ND40.4 mi away

8%11

Ulen14.9 mi away

6%8

Twin Valley2.5 mi away

5%7

Moorhead37.8 mi away

4%6

Wild Rice (in town)right here

4%6

Fertile16.4 mi away

4%5

Ada12.6 mi away

3%4

Strand4.7 mi away

3%4

Halstad27.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%68

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

How far

How far Wild Rice commutes

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

16%

27%

36%

21%

16%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wild Rice is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wild Rice are

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

Jobs based in Wild Rice

46 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wild Rice residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+557%

Jobs based in Wild Rice, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 46. 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.