Work & commute · Des Lacs

Work & commute in Des Lacs, ND

Most working residents leave Des Lacs for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (36%), Bismarck (8%) and Harrison (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 50 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 50 Des Lacs residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Des Lacs.

50live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Des Lacs goes to work

Minot15 mi away

36%18

Bismarck105.4 mi away

8%4

Harrison11 mi away

8%4

Tioga62.6 mi away

6%3

Afton13.7 mi away

6%3

Berthold9.1 mi away

4%2

Taft, CA1284.6 mi away

2%1

Wadena, MN327.3 mi away

2%1

Garrison40.9 mi away

2%1

New Town44.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%12

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

How far

How far Des Lacs commutes

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

46%

10%

36%

8%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Des Lacs is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Des Lacs are

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

Jobs based in Des Lacs

8 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Des Lacs residents hold

50 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+167%

Jobs based in Des Lacs, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 8. 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.