Work & commute · Woodbury

Work & commute in Woodbury, ND

Most working residents leave Woodbury for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (37%), Fargo (6%) and Medina (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 122 Woodbury residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodbury.

122live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodbury goes to work

Jamestown5.6 mi away

37%46

Fargo91.5 mi away

6%8

Medina25.5 mi away

6%7

Bismarck94.7 mi away

6%7

Streeter30.7 mi away

2%3

Valley City36.4 mi away

2%3

Grand Forks108.2 mi away

2%3

Midway6.4 mi away

2%3

Woodbury (in town)right here

2%3

Fried13.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%39

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

How far

How far Woodbury commutes

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

42%

14%

10%

34%

42%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodbury is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodbury are

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

Jobs based in Woodbury

181 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Woodbury residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−57%

Jobs based in Woodbury, 2013 → 2023: 425 → 181. 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.