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Work & commute · Wood Lake

Work & commute in Wood Lake, ND

Most working residents leave Wood Lake for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Oberon (30%), Mission (19%) and Devils Lake (11%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
6 of 162 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
1%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 156 Wood Lake residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wood Lake.

156live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
65work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wood Lake goes to work

Detroit LakesSheyenneGrace CityOberonMinnewaukanWarwickNew RockfordDevils LakeGrand ForksFargoHillsdaleLallieWood LakeMissionTwin TreeWarwickFort TottenOberonMissionDevils LakeFort TottenGrand ForksFargoWarwickDetroit LakesGrace CityWood Lake
1
Oberon17.9 mi away
30%48
2
Mission6.7 mi away
19%30
3
Devils Lake15.1 mi away
11%18
4
Fort Totten10.4 mi away
9%14
5
Grand Forks80.3 mi away
4%7
6
Fargo117.4 mi away
4%7
7
Wood Lake (in town)right here
4%6
8
Warwick6.5 mi away
2%4
9
Detroit Lakes, MN158.3 mi away
1%2
10
Grace City23.9 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
15%24

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

How far

How far Wood Lake commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
1%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wood Lake is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wood Lake are

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

Jobs based in Wood Lake

71 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)100%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Wood Lake residents hold

162 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)81%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%
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.

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