Work & commute · Wahpeton

Work & commute in Wahpeton, ND

About one in 3 of Wahpeton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Fargo (13%), Breckenridge (7%) and Dwight (5%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

39%

1,364 of 3,476 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 2,112 Wahpeton residents head out of town to work, 1,364 work right here, and 2,284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wahpeton.

2,112live here, work elsewhere

1,364live and work here

2,284work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wahpeton goes to work

Wahpeton (in town)right here

39%1,364

Fargo42.2 mi away

13%458

Breckenridge, MN1.4 mi away

7%242

Dwight5.3 mi away

5%188

Hankinson19.1 mi away

4%138

West Fargo42.9 mi away

4%126

Center4.2 mi away

3%98

Fergus Falls, MN25.6 mi away

2%65

Gwinner50 mi away

2%64

Grand Forks116 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%689

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

How far

How far Wahpeton commutes

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

56%

23%

12%

56%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wahpeton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wahpeton are

3,648 jobs are based in Wahpeton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wahpeton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wahpeton

3,648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wahpeton residents hold

3,476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−6%

Jobs based in Wahpeton, 2013 → 2023: 3,878 → 3,648. 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.