Work & commute · Golden Lake

Work & commute in Golden Lake, ND

Most working residents leave Golden Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hope (21%), Finley (17%) and Cooperstown (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 29 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 29 Golden Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Golden Lake.

29live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

48work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Golden Lake goes to work

Hope15.2 mi away

21%6

Finley9 mi away

17%5

Cooperstown23.2 mi away

7%2

Fargo60.4 mi away

7%2

Colgate17.7 mi away

7%2

Hatton11.2 mi away

3%1

Lakota47.6 mi away

3%1

Northwood13.9 mi away

3%1

Casselton48.9 mi away

3%1

Devils Lake69.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%7

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

How far

How far Golden Lake commutes

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

24%

45%

10%

21%

24%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Golden Lake is a job hub

1.66jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Golden Lake are

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

Jobs based in Golden Lake

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Golden Lake residents hold

29 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+182%

Jobs based in Golden Lake, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 48. 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.