Work & commute · Moon Lake

Work & commute in Moon Lake, ND

Most working residents leave Moon Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (53%), Medina (6%) and Fargo (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 34 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 34 Moon Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moon Lake.

34live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moon Lake goes to work

Jamestown14.9 mi away

53%18

Medina14.6 mi away

6%2

Fargo102.5 mi away

6%2

Sioux City, IA326.9 mi away

3%1

Crookston, MN129 mi away

3%1

New Salem114.3 mi away

3%1

Valley City47.2 mi away

3%1

West Fargo98.9 mi away

3%1

Bismarck83.7 mi away

3%1

Grand Forks116 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%5

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

How far

How far Moon Lake commutes

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

65%

26%

6%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moon Lake is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moon Lake are

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

Jobs based in Moon Lake

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Moon Lake residents hold

34 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+78%

Jobs based in Moon Lake, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 16. 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.