Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Work means LaMoure for about half of Verona’s working residents
Hardly any work in Verona; the top destination outside it is LaMoure (50%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes, next to 18 for North Dakota and 26 for the U.S. There are 15 jobs in Verona, and 26 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Verona
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 51 people are in Verona on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Verona: the destinations
Where Verona clocks in
50% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Verona
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verona, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 15. 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 Verona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 16 minutes in Verona
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Verona workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 3% 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 it is to work from Verona
About 19% 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.
Verona and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Verona workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verona | – | — | — | 16 min | $93,750 |
| Ovid Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ovid Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Verona’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 Verona: questions
What is the median household income in Verona?
$93,750 (±$43,747) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Verona?
23.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Verona?
16 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Verona work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Verona without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Verona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verona
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.