Work & commute · Mission

Work & commute in Mission, ND

Most working residents leave Mission for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Oberon (26%), Devils Lake (17%) and Fort Totten (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

51 of 276 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 225 Mission residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mission.

225live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mission goes to work

Oberon17.6 mi away

26%73

Mission (in town)right here

18%51

Devils Lake8.4 mi away

17%48

Fort Totten8.3 mi away

10%27

Wood Lake6.7 mi away

4%12

Warwick11.7 mi away

3%9

Grand Forks81.2 mi away

3%8

Fargo122.1 mi away

2%6

Minnewaukan19.9 mi away

1%4

Breckenridge, MN159.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%36

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

How far

How far Mission commutes

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

49%

34%

16%

49%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

1%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mission is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mission are

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

Jobs based in Mission

307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Mission residents hold

276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−17%

Jobs based in Mission, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 307. 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.