Work & commute · Dale

Work & commute in Dale, ND

Most working residents leave Dale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Short Creek (29%), Kerman (14%) and Powers Lake (14%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 7 working residents
Typical commute
40 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7 Dale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dale.

7live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
25work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Dale goes to work

KermanColumbusBowbellsMohallPowers LakeDrakeStanleyWatford CityDickinsonBismarckMinotPleasant ValleyClaytonDaleSooValeShort CreekShort CreekKermanPowers LakeStanleyDale
1
Short Creek13.3 mi away
29%2
2
Kerman, CA1218.1 mi away
14%1
3
Powers Lake21.4 mi away
14%1
4
Stanley37.4 mi away
14%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%2

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

How far

How far Dale commutes

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

0%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
43%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dale is a job hub

3.57jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dale are

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

Jobs based in Dale

25 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)100%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month4%
Over $3,333 a month96%

Jobs Dale residents hold

7 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities43%
Services (health, schools, offices…)29%
$1,250 a month or less29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+67%

Jobs based in Dale, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 25. 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.

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