Work & commute · Montpelier

Work & commute in Montpelier, ND

Most working residents leave Montpelier for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (41%), Fargo (7%) and Dilworth (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 29 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 29 Montpelier residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montpelier.

29live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montpelier goes to work

Jamestown15.1 mi away

41%12

Fargo84 mi away

7%2

Dilworth, MN90.4 mi away

3%1

Glen Ullin153.8 mi away

3%1

Medina36.2 mi away

3%1

Kindred74.6 mi away

3%1

Audubon, MN123.7 mi away

3%1

Pingree37.6 mi away

3%1

Midway18.3 mi away

3%1

Montpelier2.6 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%7

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

How far

How far Montpelier commutes

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

62%

28%

3%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montpelier is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montpelier are

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

Jobs based in Montpelier

42 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Montpelier residents hold

29 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month86%

−51%

Jobs based in Montpelier, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 42. 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.