Work & commute · Belcourt

Work & commute in Belcourt, ND

48% of Belcourt’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rolla (8%), Fargo (3%) and Green Acres (3%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

239 of 497 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 258 Belcourt residents head out of town to work, 239 work right here, and 1,424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belcourt.

258live here, work elsewhere

239live and work here

1,424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belcourt goes to work

Belcourt (in town)right here

48%239

Rolla6.1 mi away

8%39

Fargo192.2 mi away

3%16

Green Acres2.5 mi away

3%14

Dunseith14.6 mi away

3%13

Minot81.7 mi away

1%7

Bismarck148 mi away

1%5

Jamestown142.4 mi away

1%4

Shell Valley4.4 mi away

1%4

Devils Lake64.3 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%153

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

How far

How far Belcourt commutes

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

78%

17%

78%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belcourt is a job hub

3.35jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Belcourt are

1,663 jobs are based in Belcourt. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belcourt’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belcourt

1,663 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Belcourt residents hold

497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+164%

Jobs based in Belcourt, 2013 → 2023: 629 → 1,663. 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.