Work & commute · East Fairview

Work & commute in East Fairview, ND

Most working residents leave East Fairview for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (28%), Watford City (11%) and Culbertson (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 18 working residents

Typical commute

32 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 18 East Fairview residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Fairview.

18live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Fairview goes to work

Williston29.3 mi away

28%5

Watford City35.9 mi away

11%2

Culbertson, MT30 mi away

6%1

Sidney, MT11.3 mi away

6%1

Alexander18.2 mi away

6%1

Mandan163.5 mi away

6%1

Dickinson88.1 mi away

6%1

Bismarck169 mi away

6%1

Grand Forks321.9 mi away

6%1

Williston27.4 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%3

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

How far

How far East Fairview commutes

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

18%

53%

29%

0%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

53%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Fairview is a job hub

1.78jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Fairview are

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

Jobs based in East Fairview

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs East Fairview residents hold

18 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−3%

Jobs based in East Fairview, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 32. 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.