Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Making a living in Wimbledon
The trip to work takes 15 minutes on average (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Wimbledon; the top destination outside it is Valley City (28%, 27 miles). Employers in Wimbledon report 60 jobs, and 75 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 Wimbledon
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 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.
The towns that employ Wimbledon’s residents
Where Wimbledon clocks in
28% of workers
12% of workers
12% 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.
Jobs in Wimbledon: what the 60 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wimbledon, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 60. 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 Wimbledon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Wimbledon: 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 Wimbledon workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 89 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 Wimbledon
About 33% 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.
Work in the towns next to Wimbledon
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wimbledon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wimbledon | – | — | — | 15 min | $107,857 |
| Pierce Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pierce Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wimbledon’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 Wimbledon: questions
What is the median household income in Wimbledon?
$107,857 (±$57,530) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wimbledon?
8.8%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wimbledon?
15 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 Wimbledon work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Valley City (28%, 27 mi), Jamestown (12%, 21 mi), Fargo (12%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wimbledon 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 Wimbledon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wimbledon
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.