Photo: The original uploader was Hephaestos at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Enderlin
About one in five work in Enderlin itself; outside it, Fargo draws the most (19%, 40 miles). 2% of workers work from home; North Dakota has 8%. A typical one-way commute lasts 18 minutes, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Enderlin in brief
Enderlin’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Enderlin is Fargo, 40 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (70) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Enderlin makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Enderlin are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Enderlin residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 371 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Enderlin commutes
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Enderlin works in goods: 40% of its jobs
442 jobs are based in Enderlin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enderlin, 2013 → 2023: 466 → 442. 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 Enderlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Enderlin on a workday afternoon
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, 80 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Enderlin goes to work
Where Enderlin clocks in
19% of workers
12% 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.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Enderlin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enderlin workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 464 commuters (the 1% 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.
Enderlin and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Enderlin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enderlin | – | — | — | 18 min | $74,625 |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Pontiac Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty Township and Pontiac Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Enderlin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Enderlin: questions
What is the median household income in Enderlin?
$74,625 (±$11,383) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enderlin?
12.5%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enderlin?
18 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enderlin work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (19%, 40 mi), Lisbon (12%, 13 mi), Gwinner (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Enderlin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Enderlin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enderlin
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.