Work & commute · Beach

Work & commute in Beach, ND

Most working residents leave Beach for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Beach (23%), Dickinson (11%) and Medora (8%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

8 of 65 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 57 Beach residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 179 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Beach.

57live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

179work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Beach goes to work

Beach3 mi away

23%15

Beach (in town)right here

12%8

Dickinson54.7 mi away

11%7

Medora20.3 mi away

8%5

Golva11 mi away

6%4

Fargo336.4 mi away

5%3

Wibaux, MT12.9 mi away

3%2

Belfield35.9 mi away

3%2

Mandan145 mi away

3%2

Lone Tree12 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%15

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

How far

How far Beach commutes

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

42%

14%

36%

42%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Beach is a job hub

2.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Beach are

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

Jobs based in Beach

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Beach residents hold

65 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+101%

Jobs based in Beach, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 187. 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.