Work & commute · Lansford

Work & commute in Lansford, ND

Most working residents leave Lansford for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (11%), Westhope (10%) and Newburg (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 84 Lansford residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lansford.

84live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lansford goes to work

Minot27.4 mi away

11%10

Westhope25.5 mi away

10%9

Newburg22 mi away

7%6

Lansford (in town)right here

6%5

Mohall11.5 mi away

6%5

Fargo243.8 mi away

4%4

Glenburn10.6 mi away

3%3

Bottineau44.7 mi away

3%3

Richburg27.1 mi away

3%3

Hastings13.3 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%38

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

How far

How far Lansford commutes

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

28%

34%

31%

7%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lansford is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lansford are

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

Jobs based in Lansford

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Lansford residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−39%

Jobs based in Lansford, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 36. 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.