Work & commute · Gackle

Work & commute in Gackle, ND

Most working residents leave Gackle for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Napoleon (37%), Bismarck (8%) and Wishek (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

11 of 103 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 92 Gackle residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gackle.

92live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gackle goes to work

Napoleon31 mi away

37%38

Gackle (in town)right here

11%11

Bismarck78.2 mi away

8%8

Wishek32.3 mi away

4%4

Fargo110.7 mi away

4%4

Ashley42.4 mi away

3%3

Jamestown28.7 mi away

3%3

Minot149.5 mi away

3%3

Woodlawn38 mi away

3%3

Edgeley27.4 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%24

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

How far

How far Gackle commutes

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

13%

62%

22%

13%Under 10 mi

3%10–24 mi

62%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gackle is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gackle are

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

Jobs based in Gackle

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Gackle residents hold

103 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+2%

Jobs based in Gackle, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 101. 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.