Work & commute · Dahlen

Work & commute in Dahlen, ND

Most working residents leave Dahlen for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Devils Lake (20%), McVille (16%) and Lakota (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 25 working residents

Typical commute

34 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 24 Dahlen residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dahlen.

24live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dahlen goes to work

Devils Lake42.4 mi away

20%5

McVille28.4 mi away

16%4

Lakota19.4 mi away

8%2

Rochester, MN387.8 mi away

4%1

Oberon59.7 mi away

4%1

Aneta32.4 mi away

4%1

Northwood34.1 mi away

4%1

Park River19.4 mi away

4%1

Grand Forks43.2 mi away

4%1

Fargo103.2 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%7

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

How far

How far Dahlen commutes

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

20%

56%

20%

4%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

56%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dahlen is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dahlen are

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

Jobs based in Dahlen

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Dahlen residents hold

25 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−69%

Jobs based in Dahlen, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 12. 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.