Work & commute · Courtenay

Work & commute in Courtenay, ND

Most working residents leave Courtenay for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (36%), Fargo (21%) and Cooperstown (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 14 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

50%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14 Courtenay residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Courtenay.

14live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Courtenay goes to work

Jamestown21.1 mi away

36%5

Fargo82.9 mi away

21%3

Cooperstown25.7 mi away

7%1

Devils Lake65.9 mi away

7%1

Bismarck108.9 mi away

7%1

Woodbury26.6 mi away

7%1

Fried13.2 mi away

7%1

Bloom17.6 mi away

7%1

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

How far

How far Courtenay commutes

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

50%

14%

36%

0%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Courtenay is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Courtenay are

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

Jobs based in Courtenay

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities82%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Courtenay residents hold

14 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

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.