Most of Mooreton commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. There are 30 jobs in Mooreton for 95 working residents. Only 1% work in Mooreton itself; outside it, Wahpeton draws the most (22%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Mooreton on a workday
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Mooreton on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Mooreton’s working residents head each day
Where Mooreton clocks in
22% of workers
16% 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.
Mooreton makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mooreton, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 30. 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 Mooreton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of North Dakota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mooreton workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 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 distance from Mooreton to work
About 15% 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 Mooreton: questions
What is the median household income in Mooreton?
$86,250 (±$15,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mooreton?
29.7%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mooreton?
30 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 Mooreton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wahpeton (22%, 13 mi), Fargo (16%, 41 mi), Breckenridge (11%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mooreton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mooreton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mooreton
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.