Work & commute · Medina

Work & commute in Medina, ND

Most working residents leave Medina for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (35%), Fargo (12%) and Bismarck (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 118 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 113 Medina residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medina.

113live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medina goes to work

Jamestown28.6 mi away

35%41

Fargo116.7 mi away

12%14

Medina (in town)right here

4%5

Bismarck69.6 mi away

4%5

Woodbury25.5 mi away

3%4

Eldridge20.4 mi away

3%3

Montpelier36.2 mi away

2%2

Edgeley46.1 mi away

2%2

Valley City61.2 mi away

2%2

West Fargo113.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%38

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

How far

How far Medina commutes

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

50%

39%

6%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medina is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Medina are

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

Jobs based in Medina

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Medina residents hold

118 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−11%

Jobs based in Medina, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 105. 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.