Work & commute · Lenton

Work & commute in Lenton, ND

Most working residents leave Lenton for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Jamestown (50%), Medina (5%) and Litchville (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 20 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 20 Lenton residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lenton.

20live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lenton goes to work

Jamestown13.4 mi away

50%10

Medina21.6 mi away

5%1

Litchville33.7 mi away

5%1

Mandan94.8 mi away

5%1

Bismarck89.2 mi away

5%1

Chicago19.1 mi away

5%1

Newman135.7 mi away

5%1

Midway13.2 mi away

5%1

Snow125.8 mi away

5%1

Woodbury7.8 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

5%1

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

How far

How far Lenton commutes

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

65%

25%

5%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lenton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lenton are

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

Jobs based in Lenton

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Lenton residents hold

20 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month90%

+4%

Jobs based in Lenton, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 28. 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.