Work & commute · Meadow Lake

Work & commute in Meadow Lake, ND

Most working residents leave Meadow Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Valley City (22%), Bismarck (11%) and Uxbridge (11%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

45%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 27 Meadow Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meadow Lake.

27live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meadow Lake goes to work

Valley City19.9 mi away

22%6

Bismarck114.3 mi away

11%3

Uxbridge24.7 mi away

11%3

West Fargo68.8 mi away

7%2

Fargo72.4 mi away

7%2

East Grand Forks, MN102.2 mi away

4%1

Dazey30.4 mi away

4%1

Sanborn13.9 mi away

4%1

Edgeley32.4 mi away

4%1

LaMoure28 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%6

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

How far

How far Meadow Lake commutes

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

46%

15%

38%

0%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meadow Lake is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meadow Lake are

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

Jobs based in Meadow Lake

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Meadow Lake residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+300%

Jobs based in Meadow Lake, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 4. 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.