Work & commute · Drake

Work & commute in Drake, ND

Most working residents leave Drake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (19%), Velva (17%) and Bismarck (7%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 113 working residents

Typical commute

48 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 111 Drake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drake.

111live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drake goes to work

Minot47 mi away

19%21

Velva27.5 mi away

17%19

Bismarck78.8 mi away

7%8

Lebanon22.2 mi away

4%4

Anamoose6.7 mi away

3%3

Mandan79.2 mi away

3%3

Nedrose43.7 mi away

3%3

McClusky30.5 mi away

2%2

Belfield150.1 mi away

2%2

Harvey22.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%46

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

How far

How far Drake commutes

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

46%

41%

7%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drake is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Drake are

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

Jobs based in Drake

56 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Drake residents hold

113 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+2%

Jobs based in Drake, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 56. 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.