Work & commute · Alma

Work & commute in Alma, ND

Most working residents leave Alma for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Langdon (38%), Santa Fe (13%) and Osnabrock (13%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 8 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8 Alma residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alma.

8live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
5work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Alma goes to work

Santa FeOsnabrockNekomaCavalierWalhallaLangdonNew RockfordBismarckOsfordAlmaManillaEasbyEast AlmaGlenilaLangdonSanta FeOsnabrockNekomaWalhallaBismarckAlma
1
Langdon13.1 mi away
38%3
2
Santa Fe, NM983.8 mi away
13%1
3
Osnabrock1.3 mi away
13%1
4
Nekoma13.4 mi away
13%1
5
Walhalla19.4 mi away
13%1
6
Bismarck177.8 mi away
13%1

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

How far

How far Alma commutes

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

13%Under 10 mi
63%10–24 mi
0%25–50 mi
25%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Alma is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alma are

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

Jobs based in Alma

5 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)100%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month60%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Alma residents hold

8 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)88%
$1,250 a month or less38%
$1,251–$3,333 a month13%
Over $3,333 a month50%
−84%

Jobs based in Alma, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 5. 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.

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