Work & commute · Cavalier

Work & commute in Cavalier, ND

About one in 3 of Cavalier’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fargo (7%), Grand Forks (6%) and Crystal (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

174 of 510 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 336 Cavalier residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 543 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cavalier.

336live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

543work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cavalier goes to work

Cavalier (in town)right here

34%174

Fargo138.3 mi away

7%34

Grand Forks65.2 mi away

6%30

Crystal13.7 mi away

5%28

Grafton28.1 mi away

5%26

Cavalier3.8 mi away

4%21

Pembina20.8 mi away

4%19

Beaulieu12.6 mi away

3%17

Walhalla16 mi away

2%12

Park River28.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%140

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.

40%

21%

13%

26%

40%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cavalier is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cavalier are

717 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

717 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Cavalier residents hold

510 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−3%

Jobs based in Cavalier, 2013 → 2023: 739 → 717. 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.