Work & commute · Cavalier

Work & commute in Cavalier, ND

Most working residents leave Cavalier for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cavalier (30%), Grafton (7%) and Fargo (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 222 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 217 Cavalier residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cavalier.

217live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cavalier goes to work

Cavalier3.8 mi away

30%67

Grafton31.9 mi away

7%16

Fargo142.1 mi away

7%16

Pembina20.4 mi away

6%13

Beaulieu12.4 mi away

5%12

Walhalla13 mi away

5%11

Grand Forks69 mi away

4%8

Crystal17 mi away

3%6

Park River31.6 mi away

3%6

Neche10.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%62

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

How far

How far Cavalier commutes

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

35%

30%

12%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cavalier is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cavalier are

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

Jobs based in Cavalier

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities53%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Cavalier residents hold

222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−11%

Jobs based in Cavalier, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 97. 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.