Work & commute · Advance

Work & commute in Advance, ND

Most working residents leave Advance for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Cavalier (15%), Pembina (14%) and Walhalla (11%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 73 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 71 Advance residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Advance.

71live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

9work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Advance goes to work

Cavalier6.5 mi away

15%11

Pembina24.8 mi away

14%10

Walhalla9.6 mi away

11%8

Grafton33.1 mi away

5%4

Walhalla9.1 mi away

5%4

Valley City132.6 mi away

4%3

Fargo142.6 mi away

4%3

Cavalier4.5 mi away

4%3

Neche13.8 mi away

3%2

Larimore64.2 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%23

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Advance commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

37%

22%

15%

26%

37%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Advance is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Advance are

11 jobs are based in Advance. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Advance’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Advance

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Advance residents hold

73 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−52%

Jobs based in Advance, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 11. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.