Work & commute · Lidgerwood

Work & commute in Lidgerwood, ND

Most working residents leave Lidgerwood for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Hankinson (18%), Fargo (10%) and Wahpeton (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

33 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Lidgerwood residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lidgerwood.

226live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lidgerwood goes to work

Hankinson12.2 mi away

18%46

Lidgerwood (in town)right here

13%33

Fargo56.7 mi away

10%26

Wahpeton29 mi away

6%16

Gwinner26.8 mi away

4%11

Dwight27.2 mi away

4%11

Greendale16.4 mi away

4%10

Center24.8 mi away

3%8

West Fargo55.4 mi away

3%7

Bismarck179.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%86

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

How far

How far Lidgerwood commutes

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

13%

31%

27%

29%

13%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lidgerwood is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lidgerwood are

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

Jobs based in Lidgerwood

191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Lidgerwood residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−4%

Jobs based in Lidgerwood, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 191. 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.