Work & commute · Northwood

Work & commute in Northwood, ND

About one in 3 of Northwood’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (22%), Fargo (7%) and East Grand Forks (3%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

119 of 350 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 231 Northwood residents head out of town to work, 119 work right here, and 266 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northwood.

231live here, work elsewhere

119live and work here

266work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northwood goes to work

Northwood (in town)right here

34%119

Grand Forks25.7 mi away

22%78

Fargo69.1 mi away

7%25

East Grand Forks, MN29 mi away

3%10

Bismarck163 mi away

3%9

Hatton8.2 mi away

2%6

Northwood1.2 mi away

2%6

Larimore12.6 mi away

1%5

Devils Lake66.1 mi away

1%5

Mayville19.6 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%83

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

How far

How far Northwood commutes

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

40%

13%

28%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Northwood are

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

Jobs based in Northwood

385 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Northwood residents hold

350 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−11%

Jobs based in Northwood, 2013 → 2023: 433 → 385. 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.