Work & commute · Green Acres

Work & commute in Green Acres, ND

Most working residents leave Green Acres for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Belcourt (42%), Dunseith (6%) and Rolla (4%). Half commute less than 2 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 161 working residents

Typical commute

2 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 155 Green Acres residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Green Acres.

155live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

63work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Green Acres goes to work

Belcourt2.5 mi away

42%68

Dunseith17 mi away

6%9

Rolla3.7 mi away

4%7

Green Acres (in town)right here

4%6

Minot83.7 mi away

3%5

Fargo190.2 mi away

3%5

Devils Lake62.5 mi away

1%2

West Fargo188 mi away

1%2

Shell Valley6.6 mi away

1%2

Litchfield, MN353.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%54

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

How far

How far Green Acres commutes

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

76%

17%

76%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Green Acres is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Green Acres are

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

Jobs based in Green Acres

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities93%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Green Acres residents hold

161 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+360%

Jobs based in Green Acres, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 69. 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.