Work & commute · Neche

Work & commute in Neche, ND

Most working residents leave Neche for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Pembina (34%), Cavalier (4%) and Fargo (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

20 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 142 Neche residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Neche.

142live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Neche goes to work

Pembina13.9 mi away

34%55

Neche (in town)right here

12%20

Cavalier13.5 mi away

4%7

Fargo150.1 mi away

4%7

Bismarck211.3 mi away

3%5

Grand Forks76.5 mi away

3%5

Pembina11.4 mi away

3%5

Grafton39.9 mi away

2%4

Devils Lake85.3 mi away

2%4

Hallock, MN31.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%47

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

How far

How far Neche commutes

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

15%

47%

12%

27%

15%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Neche is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Neche are

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

Jobs based in Neche

115 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Neche residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−15%

Jobs based in Neche, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 115. 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.