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Work & commute · Drayton

Work & commute in Drayton, ND

Most working residents leave Drayton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Grafton (25%), Drayton (15%) and Fargo (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 20 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 20 Drayton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drayton.

20live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
132work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Drayton goes to work

CrookstonMountainDraytonCavalierSt. ThomasMintoPark RiverGraftonBismarckMinotGrand ForksFargoEagle PointTeienSt. ThomasDraytonCarlisleMidlandSt. AndrewsLincolnGraftonDraytonFargoSt. ThomasSt. AndrewsMountainCavalierPark RiverBismarckCarlisleDrayton
1
Grafton15 mi away
25%5
2
Drayton2.9 mi away
15%3
3
Fargo120.8 mi away
10%2
4
St. Thomas12.2 mi away
10%2
5
St. Andrews7 mi away
10%2
6
Mountain30 mi away
5%1
7
Cavalier22.9 mi away
5%1
8
Park River27.6 mi away
5%1
9
Bismarck205.6 mi away
5%1
10
Carlisle15.9 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
5%1

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

How far

How far Drayton commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
50%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Drayton is a job hub

6.60jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Drayton are

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

Jobs based in Drayton

132 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)3%
Trade, transport & utilities91%
Services (health, schools, offices…)6%
$1,250 a month or less22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Drayton residents hold

20 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month45%
+450%

Jobs based in Drayton, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 132. 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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