Work & commute · Cannon Ball

Work & commute in Cannon Ball, ND

About one in 4 of Cannon Ball’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Selfridge (6%), Bismarck (6%) and Fargo (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

43 of 171 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 128 Cannon Ball residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cannon Ball.

128live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cannon Ball goes to work

Cannon Ball (in town)right here

25%43

Selfridge24.1 mi away

6%10

Bismarck34.6 mi away

6%10

Fargo184.2 mi away

5%8

Solen9.1 mi away

4%6

Fort Yates16.4 mi away

2%4

Williston191.5 mi away

2%3

Minot135.6 mi away

2%3

Dickinson110.2 mi away

1%2

McLaughlin, SD36.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%80

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

How far

How far Cannon Ball commutes

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

29%

40%

13%

18%

29%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cannon Ball is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cannon Ball are

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

Jobs based in Cannon Ball

266 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Cannon Ball residents hold

171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−20%

Jobs based in Cannon Ball, 2013 → 2023: 332 → 266. 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.