Work & commute · Blue Butte

Work & commute in Blue Butte, ND

Most working residents leave Blue Butte for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Watford City (26%), Williston (9%) and Bismarck (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

55%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 47 Blue Butte residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Butte.

47live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blue Butte goes to work

Watford City15.6 mi away

26%12

Williston38.4 mi away

9%4

Bismarck126.3 mi away

4%2

Williston40 mi away

4%2

Bemidji, MN376.2 mi away

2%1

Bowbells71.1 mi away

2%1

Belfield70 mi away

2%1

Killdeer37 mi away

2%1

Stanley39 mi away

2%1

Fargo295 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%21

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

How far

How far Blue Butte commutes

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

43%

36%

17%

4%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Butte is a job hub

2.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Butte are

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

Jobs based in Blue Butte

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities91%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month4%

Over $3,333 a month93%

Jobs Blue Butte residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−11%

Jobs based in Blue Butte, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 100. 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.