Work & commute · Bale

Work & commute in Bale, ND

Most working residents leave Bale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Lisbon (22%), Gwinner (12%) and Enderlin (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 51 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 51 Bale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bale.

51live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bale goes to work

Lisbon8 mi away

22%11

Gwinner7.3 mi away

12%6

Enderlin21.3 mi away

10%5

Fargo56.4 mi away

10%5

Fort Ransom17 mi away

6%3

West Fargo53.4 mi away

6%3

Valley City43.4 mi away

4%2

Edgeley47.4 mi away

2%1

Milnor13.5 mi away

2%1

Napoleon98.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%13

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

How far

How far Bale commutes

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

29%

31%

29%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bale is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bale are

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

Jobs based in Bale

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Bale residents hold

51 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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.