Work & commute · Ellendale

Work & commute in Ellendale, ND

About one in 3 of Ellendale’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fargo (8%), Ellendale (6%) and Aberdeen (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

192 of 487 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 295 Ellendale residents head out of town to work, 192 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellendale.

295live here, work elsewhere

192live and work here

243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellendale goes to work

Ellendale (in town)right here

39%192

Fargo100.3 mi away

8%39

Ellendale3.3 mi away

6%28

Aberdeen, SD37.4 mi away

5%23

Monango12.2 mi away

4%20

Bismarck120.6 mi away

2%12

LaMoure26.7 mi away

2%11

Mandan126.1 mi away

2%11

Grand Forks148.7 mi away

2%9

Oakes23 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%134

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

How far

How far Ellendale commutes

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

47%

10%

11%

33%

47%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellendale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellendale are

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

Jobs based in Ellendale

435 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Ellendale residents hold

487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−27%

Jobs based in Ellendale, 2013 → 2023: 593 → 435. 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.