Work & commute · McVille

Work & commute in McVille, ND

Most working residents leave McVille for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lakota (22%), Devils Lake (9%) and Fargo (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 147 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 135 McVille residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McVille.

135live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McVille goes to work

Lakota20.8 mi away

22%32

Devils Lake40.3 mi away

9%13

Fargo88.6 mi away

9%13

McVille (in town)right here

8%12

Aneta10.5 mi away

5%8

Grand Forks51.6 mi away

5%8

Michigan18.7 mi away

4%6

Bismarck138.1 mi away

3%4

Lakota23.3 mi away

3%4

Cooperstown22.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%44

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

How far

How far McVille commutes

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

13%

40%

19%

28%

13%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McVille is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in McVille are

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

Jobs based in McVille

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs McVille residents hold

147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+7%

Jobs based in McVille, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 160. 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.