Work & commute · Dunseith

Work & commute in Dunseith, ND

Most working residents leave Dunseith for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Belcourt (31%), Rolla (9%) and Grand Forks (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

25 of 173 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 148 Dunseith residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunseith.

148live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunseith goes to work

Belcourt14.6 mi away

31%54

Dunseith (in town)right here

14%25

Rolla20.7 mi away

9%16

Grand Forks149.8 mi away

3%6

Bismarck141.9 mi away

2%3

Minot68.4 mi away

2%3

Crosby147.2 mi away

1%2

Mandan142.3 mi away

1%2

Fargo201.5 mi away

1%2

East Dunseith3.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%58

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

How far

How far Dunseith commutes

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

20%

56%

22%

20%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunseith is a job hub

2.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunseith are

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

Jobs based in Dunseith

394 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Dunseith residents hold

173 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+20%

Jobs based in Dunseith, 2013 → 2023: 328 → 394. 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.