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Work & commute · Bear Creek

Work & commute in Bear Creek, ND

Most working residents leave Bear Creek for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Oakes (38%), Gwinner (10%) and Fargo (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
7 of 99 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
14 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 92 Bear Creek residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bear Creek.

92live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
90work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bear Creek goes to work

CrookstonWiltonEdgeleyCavalierMilnorLaMoureOakesGwinnerMandanJamestownBismarckFargoVernerClementDivideEllendaleRiverdaleJacksonBear CreekJames River ValleyOakesGwinnerFargoBismarckMandanLaMoureJamestownEllendaleJacksonBear Creek
1
Oakes2 mi away
38%38
2
Gwinner19.7 mi away
10%10
3
Bear Creek (in town)right here
7%7
4
Fargo76.1 mi away
5%5
5
Bismarck136.9 mi away
4%4
6
Mandan142.5 mi away
3%3
7
LaMoure18.1 mi away
2%2
8
Jamestown60 mi away
2%2
9
Ellendale28.2 mi away
2%2
10
Jackson8.1 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%24

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

How far

How far Bear Creek commutes

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

48%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bear Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bear Creek are

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

Jobs based in Bear Creek

97 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities51%
Services (health, schools, offices…)24%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Bear Creek residents hold

99 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month65%
−37%

Jobs based in Bear Creek, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 97. 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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