Work & commute · Wheatland

Work & commute in Wheatland, ND

Most working residents leave Wheatland for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fargo (39%), Casselton (17%) and West Fargo (11%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 35 Wheatland residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheatland.

35live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheatland goes to work

Fargo24.5 mi away

39%14

Casselton6.3 mi away

17%6

West Fargo21 mi away

11%4

Reed22.6 mi away

6%2

Moorhead, MN28.5 mi away

3%1

Hatton50.9 mi away

3%1

Hillsboro36.9 mi away

3%1

Wahpeton55.9 mi away

3%1

Jamestown63.6 mi away

3%1

Grand Forks71.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%4

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

How far

How far Wheatland commutes

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

22%

42%

25%

11%

22%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheatland is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheatland are

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

Jobs based in Wheatland

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less80%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Wheatland residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−44%

Jobs based in Wheatland, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 5. 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.