Work & commute · Grenora

Work & commute in Grenora, ND

Most working residents leave Grenora for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (46%), Williston (11%) and Judson (11%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 87 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 86 Grenora residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 70 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grenora.

86live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

70work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grenora goes to work

Williston32.5 mi away

46%40

Williston32.3 mi away

11%10

Judson32.4 mi away

11%10

Missouri Ridge28.4 mi away

3%3

Sidney, MT63.4 mi away

2%2

Fargo351.6 mi away

2%2

Trenton38.2 mi away

2%2

Halliday114.6 mi away

1%1

Grenora (in town)right here

1%1

Alexander55.7 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%15

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

How far

How far Grenora commutes

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

83%

16%

1%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

83%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grenora is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grenora are

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

Jobs based in Grenora

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Grenora residents hold

87 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−86%

Jobs based in Grenora, 2013 → 2023: 516 → 71. 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.