Work & commute · Killdeer

Work & commute in Killdeer, ND

About one in 4 of Killdeer’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dickinson (14%), Bismarck (4%) and Halliday (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

128 of 452 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 324 Killdeer residents head out of town to work, 128 work right here, and 1,162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Killdeer.

324live here, work elsewhere

128live and work here

1,162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Killdeer goes to work

Killdeer (in town)right here

28%128

Dickinson33 mi away

14%62

Bismarck100.6 mi away

4%16

Halliday19.1 mi away

3%13

Manning9.6 mi away

2%11

Fargo280.3 mi away

2%10

Grand Forks266.1 mi away

2%8

Beulah46.2 mi away

2%7

Richardton38.5 mi away

1%5

Minot90.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%187

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

How far

How far Killdeer commutes

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

37%

18%

37%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Killdeer is a job hub

2.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Killdeer are

1,290 jobs are based in Killdeer. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Killdeer’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Killdeer

1,290 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Killdeer residents hold

452 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+17%

Jobs based in Killdeer, 2013 → 2023: 1,099 → 1,290. 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.