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Work & commute · Lake Hester

Work & commute in Lake Hester, ND

Most working residents leave Lake Hester for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Velva (13%), Carrington (13%) and Rugby (13%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 16 working residents
Typical commute
40 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 16 Lake Hester residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Hester.

16live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lake Hester goes to work

KarlsruheVelvaHarveyDrakeCarringtonRugbyMapletonWahpetonBismarckMinotFargoLebanonLake HesterKarlsruheVoltaireOdinFalsenVelvaCarringtonRugbyMinotHarveyDrakeMapletonWahpetonBismarckFargoLake Hester
1
Velva10.7 mi away
13%2
2
Carrington84.1 mi away
13%2
3
Rugby39 mi away
13%2
4
Minot29.2 mi away
13%2
5
Harvey40.6 mi away
6%1
6
Drake17.8 mi away
6%1
7
Mapleton188.5 mi away
6%1
8
Wahpeton228.3 mi away
6%1
9
Bismarck86 mi away
6%1
10
Fargo198.8 mi away
6%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%2

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

How far

How far Lake Hester commutes

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

6%Under 10 mi
19%10–24 mi
31%25–50 mi
44%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Hester is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Hester are

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

Jobs based in Lake Hester

1 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%
Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Lake Hester residents hold

16 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities38%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%
Over $3,333 a month31%
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.

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