Work & commute · Woodlawn

Work & commute in Woodlawn, ND

About one in 5 of Woodlawn’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Steele (16%), Bismarck (14%) and Tappen (8%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

10 of 49 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 39 Woodlawn residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodlawn.

39live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodlawn goes to work

Woodlawn (in town)right here

20%10

Steele2 mi away

16%8

Bismarck42.1 mi away

14%7

Tappen12.1 mi away

8%4

Devils Lake99.5 mi away

4%2

Keystone, CO585.1 mi away

2%1

New England143.1 mi away

2%1

Mott120.2 mi away

2%1

Glen Ullin92.4 mi away

2%1

Bottineau139.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%13

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

How far

How far Woodlawn commutes

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

39%

10%

16%

35%

39%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodlawn is a job hub

2.02jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodlawn are

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

Jobs based in Woodlawn

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Woodlawn residents hold

49 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+421%

Jobs based in Woodlawn, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 99. 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.