Work & commute · Greendale

Work & commute in Greendale, ND

About one in 5 of Greendale’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hankinson (10%), Fargo (9%) and Lidgerwood (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

12 of 58 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 46 Greendale residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 371 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greendale.

46live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

371work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greendale goes to work

Greendale (in town)right here

21%12

Hankinson7.2 mi away

10%6

Fargo61.2 mi away

9%5

Lidgerwood16.4 mi away

7%4

Wahpeton22.8 mi away

7%4

Waldo5.9 mi away

5%3

Breckenridge, MN23 mi away

3%2

Wyndmere24.4 mi away

3%2

West Fargo60.9 mi away

3%2

Grand Forks134.6 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%16

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

How far

How far Greendale commutes

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

37%

28%

11%

25%

37%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greendale is a job hub

6.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greendale are

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

Jobs based in Greendale

383 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Greendale residents hold

58 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−13%

Jobs based in Greendale, 2013 → 2023: 441 → 383. 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.