Work & commute · Drayton

Work & commute in Drayton, ND

Most working residents leave Drayton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Grafton (14%), Grand Forks (12%) and Drayton (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

35 of 348 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 313 Drayton residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Drayton.

313live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Drayton goes to work

Grafton14.6 mi away

14%47

Grand Forks44.6 mi away

12%43

Drayton (in town)right here

10%35

Drayton2.9 mi away

8%27

Fargo118.4 mi away

6%22

St. Andrews4.9 mi away

6%20

Cavalier25.8 mi away

3%12

Pembina28.2 mi away

3%10

Minto20.6 mi away

2%8

Lincoln7.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%116

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%

32%

25%

18%

25%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Drayton is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Drayton are

170 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

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Drayton residents hold

348 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−31%

Jobs based in Drayton, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 170. 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.