Work & commute · Creel

Work & commute in Creel, ND

Most working residents leave Creel for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Devils Lake (53%), Fargo (6%) and Grand Forks (5%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 586 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 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 569 Creel residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Creel.

569live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Creel goes to work

Devils Lake2 mi away

53%309

Fargo126.9 mi away

6%33

Grand Forks82.7 mi away

5%28

Bismarck125.2 mi away

4%26

Creel (in town)right here

3%17

West Fargo124.5 mi away

2%12

Jamestown81.9 mi away

2%10

Oberon19.6 mi away

2%9

Mission6.5 mi away

1%8

Fort Totten10.8 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%126

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

How far

How far Creel commutes

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

60%

33%

60%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Creel is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Creel are

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

Jobs based in Creel

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Creel residents hold

586 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+28%

Jobs based in Creel, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 151. 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.