Work & commute · Lankin

Work & commute in Lankin, ND

Most working residents leave Lankin for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Park River (18%), Grand Forks (12%) and Cavalier (9%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 33 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32 Lankin residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lankin.

32live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

24work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lankin goes to work

Park River9.7 mi away

18%6

Grand Forks47.1 mi away

12%4

Cavalier35.8 mi away

9%3

Grafton24.6 mi away

9%3

Devils Lake46.1 mi away

6%2

Glenwood19.4 mi away

6%2

Marshall, MN285.7 mi away

3%1

Lankin (in town)right here

3%1

Edinburg12.8 mi away

3%1

Larimore31.1 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%9

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

How far

How far Lankin commutes

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

18%

21%

39%

21%

18%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lankin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lankin are

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

Jobs based in Lankin

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities64%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Lankin residents hold

33 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+4%

Jobs based in Lankin, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 25. 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.