Work & commute · Wing

Work & commute in Wing, ND

Most working residents leave Wing for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bismarck (65%), Wilton (5%) and Minot (5%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 43 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 40 Wing residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wing.

40live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wing goes to work

Bismarck32.2 mi away

65%28

Wing (in town)right here

7%3

Wilton23.6 mi away

5%2

Minot88.6 mi away

5%2

Regan11.6 mi away

2%1

Hazen63.9 mi away

2%1

Wahpeton184 mi away

2%1

Watford City146.6 mi away

2%1

Mandan35.8 mi away

2%1

Fargo163.8 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

5%2

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

How far

How far Wing commutes

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

72%

14%

7%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

72%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wing is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wing are

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

Jobs based in Wing

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wing residents hold

43 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+338%

Jobs based in Wing, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 35. 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.