Work & commute · Belfield

Work & commute in Belfield, ND

Most working residents leave Belfield for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Dickinson (21%), South Heart (5%) and Bismarck (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

70 of 425 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 355 Belfield residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 512 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belfield.

355live here, work elsewhere

70live and work here

512work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belfield goes to work

Dickinson18.8 mi away

21%88

Belfield (in town)right here

16%70

South Heart9.8 mi away

5%20

Bismarck114.8 mi away

5%20

Minot129.2 mi away

4%16

Medora15.7 mi away

4%15

Mandan109.1 mi away

2%9

Williston92.5 mi away

2%9

Judson92.3 mi away

2%9

Watford City63.4 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%162

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

How far

How far Belfield commutes

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

25%

36%

32%

25%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Belfield are

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

Jobs based in Belfield

582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Belfield residents hold

425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−14%

Jobs based in Belfield, 2013 → 2023: 673 → 582. 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.