Work & commute · Alex

Work & commute in Alex, ND

Most working residents leave Alex for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (19%), Watford City (7%) and Minot (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 75 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 68 Alex residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alex.

68live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alex goes to work

Williston27 mi away

19%14

Alex (in town)right here

9%7

Watford City15.3 mi away

7%5

Minot111.2 mi away

5%4

Arnegard5 mi away

5%4

Judson26.5 mi away

4%3

Alexander3.4 mi away

3%2

Grand Forks301.7 mi away

3%2

Fargo323.2 mi away

3%2

Antelope Creek6.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%30

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

How far

How far Alex commutes

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

19%

29%

19%

33%

19%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alex is a job hub

2.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Alex are

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

Jobs based in Alex

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Alex residents hold

75 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+466%

Jobs based in Alex, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 198. 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.