Work & commute · Cando

Work & commute in Cando, ND

Most working residents leave Cando for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Cando (26%), Devils Lake (6%) and Fargo (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

4 of 31 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 27 Cando residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cando.

27live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cando goes to work

Cando2.4 mi away

26%8

Cando (in town)right here

13%4

Devils Lake30.6 mi away

6%2

Fargo157.3 mi away

6%2

Minnewaukan30.6 mi away

3%1

Glen Ullin170.9 mi away

3%1

Munich18.7 mi away

3%1

Rolla30.6 mi away

3%1

Carrington73.1 mi away

3%1

Rugby39.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%9

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

How far

How far Cando commutes

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

39%

13%

23%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cando is a job hub

4.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cando are

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

Jobs based in Cando

143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Cando residents hold

31 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+142%

Jobs based in Cando, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 143. 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.