Work & commute · Cando

Work & commute in Cando, ND

About one in 3 of Cando’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Cando (11%), Devils Lake (7%) and Rolla (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

127 of 427 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 300 Cando residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cando.

300live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

203work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cando goes to work

Cando (in town)right here

30%127

Cando2.4 mi away

11%49

Devils Lake30 mi away

7%29

Rolla30.8 mi away

6%27

Fargo157.4 mi away

5%23

New City12.7 mi away

5%20

Bismarck136.6 mi away

4%18

Coolin9.8 mi away

3%12

Grand Forks105 mi away

2%8

Rocklake21 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%108

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.

44%

23%

24%

44%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cando is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cando are

330 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

330 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Cando residents hold

427 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−20%

Jobs based in Cando, 2013 → 2023: 411 → 330. 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.