Work & commute · Fort Yates

Work & commute in Fort Yates, ND

Most working residents leave Fort Yates for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cannon Ball (13%), Minneapolis (4%) and Solen (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 23 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 22 Fort Yates residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Yates.

22live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Yates goes to work

Cannon Ball16.4 mi away

13%3

Minneapolis, MN364.6 mi away

4%1

Fort Yates (in town)right here

4%1

Solen22.2 mi away

4%1

Dunseith190.2 mi away

4%1

Mandan52.8 mi away

4%1

Bismarck50.7 mi away

4%1

Grand Forks209.5 mi away

4%1

Fargo188.7 mi away

4%1

Belcourt194.9 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%11

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

How far

How far Fort Yates commutes

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

48%

17%

30%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Yates is a job hub

1.96jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Yates are

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

Jobs based in Fort Yates

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities67%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Fort Yates residents hold

23 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month78%

+2%

Jobs based in Fort Yates, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 45. 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.