Work & commute · Max

Work & commute in Max, ND

Most working residents leave Max for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Garrison (21%), Minot (14%) and Bismarck (10%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 110 Max residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Max.

110live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Max goes to work

Garrison13.1 mi away

21%23

Minot28.7 mi away

14%16

Bismarck73.7 mi away

10%11

Turtle Lake27.8 mi away

8%9

Fargo219.1 mi away

4%4

Williston111.9 mi away

3%3

Max (in town)right here

2%2

Mandan71 mi away

2%2

Dickinson95.3 mi away

2%2

Snow13.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%38

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

How far

How far Max commutes

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

25%

35%

37%

4%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Max is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Max are

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

Jobs based in Max

71 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Max residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+196%

Jobs based in Max, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 71. 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.