Photo: Ross G. from Bloomington-Normal, Illinois · CC BY 2.0Mayville’s household incomes are lower than in 80% of U.S. towns
About two in five work in Mayville; the top destination outside it is Grand Forks (9%, 31 miles). The poverty rate is 19.0% (North Dakota 10.8%). For jobs and income Mayville is better than 7% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Mayville in brief
Why Mayville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Mayville’s grade.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Mayville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Mayville could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How far Mayville’s workers travel
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Mayville
On a workday 420 residents head out to work, 293 work right here, and 594 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Mayville on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 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.
Commuting out of Mayville: the destinations
Where Mayville clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Mayville
887 jobs are based in Mayville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mayville, 2013 → 2023: 974 → 887. 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 Mayville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Mayville: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mayville workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 832 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.
Mayville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.2% across North Dakota, on an EPA index of 7.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 885 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.9% of Mayville households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mayville’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Mayville is 4,734th of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 535 | Mapleton ND | 1,496 | $119K | 1.9% | 0.8% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 572 | Surrey ND | 1,450 | $106K | 1.4% | 3.4% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 685 | Harrison Township ND | 1,734 | $122K | 5.1% | 5.2% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,732 | Marlette MI | 1,833 | $49K | 18.0% | 10.3% | 20% | D |
| 4,733 | Capitan NM | 1,402 | $53K | 14.4% | 6.5% | 10% | D |
| 4,734 | Mayville ND | 1,807 | $56K | 19.0% | 5.2% | 41% | D |
| 4,735 | Johnston SC | 2,233 | $34K | 32.7% | 8.6% | 3% | D |
| 4,736 | Sangerville ME | 1,336 | $50K | 13.5% | 6.9% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mayville, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
Work in the towns next to Mayville
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mayville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayville | – | D | A− | 16 min | $55,735 |
| Mayville Township | under 2% | — | — | 10 min | — |
| Lindaas Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Viking Township | under 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mayville Township, Lindaas Township and Viking Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mayville’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 Mayville: questions
What is the median household income in Mayville?
$55,735 (±$9,108) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mayville?
19.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mayville?
16 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 Mayville work?
41% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Forks (9%, 31 mi), Fargo (7%, 50 mi), Portland (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mayville walkable?
Mayville is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mayville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mayville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mayville
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.