Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 1.9 jobs in Dwight for every working resident, and 67 people commute in
At 18 minutes each way, commutes from Dwight run about the North Dakota average. There are 67 jobs in Dwight; 35 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Dwight for work; outside it, Fargo is the main destination (20%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Dwight
On a workday 35 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 110 people are in Dwight on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Dwight
Where Dwight clocks in
20% of workers
17% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods jobs make up 73% of work in Dwight
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dwight, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 67. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dwight’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Dwight: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dwight workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Dwight goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dwight: questions
What is the median household income in Dwight?
$144,583 (±$25,990) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dwight?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dwight?
18 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dwight work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (20%, 39 mi), Wahpeton (17%, 6 mi), Gwinner (14%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dwight without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dwight, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dwight
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.