Mandaree has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Mandaree has 26 jobs, and 129 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Mandaree for work; outside it, Killdeer is the main destination (4%, 26 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 17 minutes, next to 18 for North Dakota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Mandaree, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 129 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Mandaree on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Mandaree goes to work
Where Mandaree clocks in
3% 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.
What Mandaree’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mandaree, 2014 → 2024: 35 → 26. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mandaree’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Mandaree: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mandaree workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 172 commuters (the 5% 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 Mandaree goes to work
About 26% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Mandaree: questions
What is the median household income in Mandaree?
$64,545 (±$8,512) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mandaree?
56.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mandaree?
17 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mandaree work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Killdeer (4%, 26 mi), Minot (4%, 74 mi), Grand Forks (3%, 260 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mandaree without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mandaree, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mandaree
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.