Work & commute · Dean

Work & commute in Dean, ND

Most working residents leave Dean for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are LaMoure (16%), Edgeley (11%) and Kulm (9%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 92 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 91 Dean residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dean.

91live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dean goes to work

LaMoure3.7 mi away

16%15

Edgeley17.6 mi away

11%10

Kulm28.5 mi away

9%8

Fargo81.5 mi away

9%8

Jamestown43.7 mi away

8%7

Oakes17.6 mi away

3%3

Valley City44.8 mi away

3%3

Marion20.2 mi away

2%2

West Fargo78.1 mi away

2%2

Bismarck119.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%32

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

How far

How far Dean commutes

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

18%

24%

26%

32%

18%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dean is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dean are

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

Jobs based in Dean

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities65%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Dean residents hold

92 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−3%

Jobs based in Dean, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 37. 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.