Work & commute · Mott

Work & commute in Mott, ND

About one in 3 of Mott’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dickinson (12%), Bismarck (7%) and Minot (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

97 of 274 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 177 Mott residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mott.

177live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mott goes to work

Mott (in town)right here

35%97

Dickinson42.4 mi away

12%32

Bismarck79.6 mi away

7%18

Minot137.6 mi away

4%11

Hettinger29.7 mi away

3%9

Richardton35.3 mi away

3%9

Castle Rock4.5 mi away

3%7

Mandan74.9 mi away

2%6

Elgin22.6 mi away

2%5

Bowman53.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%76

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

How far

How far Mott commutes

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

40%

25%

31%

40%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mott is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mott are

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

Jobs based in Mott

251 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Mott residents hold

274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−24%

Jobs based in Mott, 2013 → 2023: 329 → 251. 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.