Work & commute · Lakota

Work & commute in Lakota, ND

About one in 4 of Lakota’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are McVille (10%), Grand Forks (9%) and Fargo (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

51 of 224 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 173 Lakota residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 265 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lakota.

173live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

265work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lakota goes to work

Lakota (in town)right here

23%51

McVille20.8 mi away

10%22

Grand Forks58.9 mi away

9%20

Fargo108 mi away

7%16

Devils Lake24.8 mi away

4%8

Michigan11.3 mi away

3%7

Tolna15.6 mi away

3%6

Aneta30.1 mi away

3%6

Michigan City10.5 mi away

2%4

Bismarck141.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%80

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

How far

How far Lakota commutes

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

25%

27%

11%

36%

25%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lakota is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lakota are

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

Jobs based in Lakota

316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lakota residents hold

224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+6%

Jobs based in Lakota, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 316. 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.