Work & commute · Waldo

Work & commute in Waldo, ND

Most working residents leave Waldo for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (15%), Hankinson (13%) and Lidgerwood (11%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 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 53 Waldo residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waldo.

53live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waldo goes to work

Fargo55.3 mi away

15%8

Hankinson3.8 mi away

13%7

Lidgerwood15.9 mi away

11%6

Wahpeton17.3 mi away

9%5

Greendale5.9 mi away

6%3

West Fargo55.1 mi away

4%2

Barney13.7 mi away

4%2

Fairmount10.1 mi away

2%1

Leeds196.6 mi away

2%1

Wyndmere20.5 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%17

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

How far

How far Waldo commutes

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

19%

38%

13%

30%

19%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waldo is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Waldo are

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

Jobs based in Waldo

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Waldo residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−1%

Jobs based in Waldo, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 87. 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.