Work & commute · Freshwater

Work & commute in Freshwater, ND

Most working residents leave Freshwater for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Devils Lake (32%), Grand Forks (16%) and Pensacola (5%). Half commute less than 75 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 19 working residents

Typical commute

75 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 19 Freshwater residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Freshwater.

19live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Freshwater goes to work

Devils Lake9.7 mi away

32%6

Grand Forks86.7 mi away

16%3

Pensacola, FL1376.9 mi away

5%1

Hermantown, MN325.9 mi away

5%1

Langdon42.6 mi away

5%1

Mandan135.1 mi away

5%1

Jamestown93.5 mi away

5%1

Minot109.4 mi away

5%1

Fargo136 mi away

5%1

Cando21.7 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%2

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

How far

How far Freshwater commutes

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

37%

53%

37%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

53%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Freshwater is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Freshwater are

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

Jobs based in Freshwater

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Freshwater residents hold

19 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−70%

Jobs based in Freshwater, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 3. 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.