Work & commute · Alta

Work & commute in Alta, ND

Most working residents leave Alta for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Valley City (26%), Fargo (14%) and West Fargo (7%). Half commute less than 46 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 43 working residents

Typical commute

46 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 43 Alta residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alta.

43live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alta goes to work

Valley City6.5 mi away

26%11

Fargo49.3 mi away

14%6

West Fargo45.8 mi away

7%3

Buffalo15 mi away

5%2

Enderlin25.2 mi away

5%2

Lisbon35.4 mi away

5%2

Grand Forks77.2 mi away

5%2

East Grand Forks, MN79.4 mi away

2%1

Moorhead, MN53.3 mi away

2%1

St. Michael, MN233.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%12

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

How far

How far Alta commutes

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

28%

37%

28%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alta is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alta are

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

Jobs based in Alta

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month94%

Jobs Alta residents hold

43 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+45%

Jobs based in Alta, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 16. 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.