Work & commute · Sheldon

Work & commute in Sheldon, ND

Most working residents leave Sheldon for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Enderlin (19%), Lisbon (19%) and Gwinner (14%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 37 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 37 Sheldon residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sheldon.

37live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sheldon goes to work

Enderlin5.3 mi away

19%7

Lisbon13.7 mi away

19%7

Gwinner25.9 mi away

14%5

Jamestown60.9 mi away

5%2

Bismarck155.9 mi away

5%2

Crookston, MN92 mi away

3%1

Forman34.2 mi away

3%1

Northwood79 mi away

3%1

Tower City24.9 mi away

3%1

Valley City33.4 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%9

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

How far

How far Sheldon commutes

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

22%

24%

27%

22%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sheldon is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sheldon are

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

Jobs based in Sheldon

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month67%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Sheldon residents hold

37 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−50%

Jobs based in Sheldon, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 3. 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.