Work & commute · Hay Creek

Work & commute in Hay Creek, ND

Most working residents leave Hay Creek for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bismarck (69%), Mandan (8%) and Fargo (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 2,253 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,228 Hay Creek residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 489 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hay Creek.

2,228live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

489work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hay Creek goes to work

Bismarck4.3 mi away

69%1,559

Mandan5.2 mi away

8%169

Fargo187.5 mi away

3%60

Minot96.8 mi away

2%37

Grand Forks188 mi away

1%25

Hay Creek (in town)right here

1%25

Dickinson94.4 mi away

1%24

Jamestown99.4 mi away

1%19

Williston161.1 mi away

1%16

West Fargo183.9 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%305

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

How far

How far Hay Creek commutes

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

80%

17%

80%Under 10 mi

1%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hay Creek is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hay Creek are

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

Jobs based in Hay Creek

514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Hay Creek residents hold

2,253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month70%

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Jobs based in Hay Creek, 2013 → 2023: 514 → 514. 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.