Work & commute · Sydna

Work & commute in Sydna, ND

Most working residents leave Sydna for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Enderlin (24%), Fargo (17%) and Lisbon (10%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

2 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

44%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 152 Sydna residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sydna.

152live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sydna goes to work

Enderlin21.2 mi away

24%36

Fargo47.5 mi away

17%26

Lisbon13.1 mi away

10%16

Gwinner11.6 mi away

8%13

Valley City48.5 mi away

5%7

Jamestown70.8 mi away

5%7

West Fargo45 mi away

3%4

Wahpeton40.6 mi away

2%3

Bismarck160.7 mi away

2%3

Grand Forks111.2 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%35

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

How far

How far Sydna commutes

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

46%

30%

21%

3%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sydna is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sydna are

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

Jobs based in Sydna

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities73%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month64%

Over $3,333 a month18%

Jobs Sydna residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+38%

Jobs based in Sydna, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 11. 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.