Work & commute · Alexander

Work & commute in Alexander, ND

Most working residents leave Alexander for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (22%), Watford City (11%) and Williston (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 77 Alexander residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alexander.

77live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

104work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alexander goes to work

Williston24.3 mi away

22%18

Watford City17.7 mi away

11%9

Williston23.7 mi away

6%5

Alexander (in town)right here

5%4

Dickinson76.4 mi away

5%4

Judson23.3 mi away

5%4

Antelope Creek9.3 mi away

2%2

Bull Butte37 mi away

2%2

Keene33 mi away

2%2

Pillager, MN443.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%30

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

How far

How far Alexander commutes

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

12%

56%

12%

21%

12%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alexander is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Alexander are

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

Jobs based in Alexander

108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Alexander residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−40%

Jobs based in Alexander, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 108. 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.