Work & commute · Bottineau

Work & commute in Bottineau, ND

42% of Bottineau’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Minot (9%), Bismarck (5%) and Fargo (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

374 of 895 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 521 Bottineau residents head out of town to work, 374 work right here, and 734 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bottineau.

521live here, work elsewhere

374live and work here

734work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bottineau goes to work

Bottineau (in town)right here

42%374

Minot55.8 mi away

9%77

Bismarck139.7 mi away

5%48

Fargo215.4 mi away

4%36

Belcourt31.8 mi away

3%30

Pickering3.9 mi away

3%26

Roland8.9 mi away

3%25

Whitteron3.1 mi away

2%18

Rugby37.9 mi away

2%16

Rolla37.9 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%230

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

How far

How far Bottineau commutes

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

49%

12%

34%

49%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bottineau is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bottineau are

1,108 jobs are based in Bottineau. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bottineau’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bottineau

1,108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Bottineau residents hold

895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−5%

Jobs based in Bottineau, 2013 → 2023: 1,163 → 1,108. 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.