Work & commute · Minnewaukan

Work & commute in Minnewaukan, ND

Most working residents leave Minnewaukan for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Mission (14%), Oberon (11%) and Fort Totten (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 70 Minnewaukan residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minnewaukan.

70live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

152work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minnewaukan goes to work

Mission19.9 mi away

14%11

Oberon10.5 mi away

11%8

Minnewaukan (in town)right here

8%6

Fort Totten13 mi away

8%6

Devils Lake17.7 mi away

7%5

West Fargo138 mi away

7%5

Carrington43.1 mi away

4%3

Bismarck112 mi away

4%3

Grand Forks100.7 mi away

4%3

New Rockford27.6 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%24

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

How far

How far Minnewaukan commutes

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

11%

45%

11%

34%

11%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minnewaukan is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minnewaukan are

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

Jobs based in Minnewaukan

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Minnewaukan residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−78%

Jobs based in Minnewaukan, 2013 → 2023: 710 → 158. 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.