Work & commute · Apple Creek

Work & commute in Apple Creek, ND

Most working residents leave Apple Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bismarck (66%), Mandan (7%) and Fargo (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 1,728 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,712 Apple Creek residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Apple Creek.

1,712live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

251work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Apple Creek goes to work

Bismarck7.8 mi away

66%1,134

Mandan13.2 mi away

7%122

Fargo180.1 mi away

3%56

Minot107 mi away

2%31

Grand Forks184.7 mi away

1%22

Dickinson102.8 mi away

1%21

Jamestown92.4 mi away

1%17

Apple Creek (in town)right here

1%16

Williston172.4 mi away

1%14

West Fargo176.5 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

16%284

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

How far

How far Apple Creek commutes

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

71%

19%

71%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Apple Creek 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 Apple Creek are

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

Jobs based in Apple Creek

267 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Apple Creek residents hold

1,728 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+33%

Jobs based in Apple Creek, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 267. 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.