Work & commute · Wyard

Work & commute in Wyard, ND

Most working residents leave Wyard for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Carrington (52%), Jamestown (7%) and Fargo (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

6 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 26 Wyard residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wyard.

26live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wyard goes to work

Carrington2.7 mi away

52%14

Jamestown44.2 mi away

7%2

Fargo118 mi away

7%2

Binford40.1 mi away

4%1

New Rockford16 mi away

4%1

Watford City191.4 mi away

4%1

West Fargo114.8 mi away

4%1

Grand Forks103 mi away

4%1

Wyard (in town)right here

4%1

Carrington5.5 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

7%2

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

How far

How far Wyard commutes

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

59%

15%

22%

59%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wyard is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wyard are

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

Jobs based in Wyard

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities68%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Wyard residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+1150%

Jobs based in Wyard, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 25. 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.