Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Minnewaukan draws 152 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Minnewaukan report 158 jobs, against 76 working residents. Only 8% work in Minnewaukan; the top destination outside it is Mission Township (14%, 20 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 15 minutes; North Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Minnewaukan on a workday afternoon
On a workday 70 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 270 people are in Minnewaukan on a workday afternoon, 43% more than live here.
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 Minnewaukan
Where Minnewaukan clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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 37% of work in Minnewaukan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minnewaukan, 2013 → 2023: 710 → 158. 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 Minnewaukan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Minnewaukan: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minnewaukan workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 94 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.
The commute from Minnewaukan, by distance
About 34% 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.
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 Minnewaukan: questions
What is the median household income in Minnewaukan?
$36,818 (±$25,017) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minnewaukan?
28.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minnewaukan?
15 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 Minnewaukan work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mission Township (14%, 20 mi), Oberon (11%, 10 mi), Fort Totten (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Minnewaukan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Minnewaukan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minnewaukan
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.