Work & commute · Ness

Work & commute in Ness, ND

Most working residents leave Ness for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rugby (46%), Minot (8%) and Minnetonka (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 24 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 23 Ness residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ness.

23live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ness goes to work

Rugby9.5 mi away

46%11

Minot50.4 mi away

8%2

Minnetonka, MN396.1 mi away

4%1

Dunseith34 mi away

4%1

Langdon88.2 mi away

4%1

Harvey39.9 mi away

4%1

Jamestown120.5 mi away

4%1

Dickinson156.8 mi away

4%1

Velva39.3 mi away

4%1

Tuscarora9.6 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%3

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

How far

How far Ness commutes

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

54%

13%

29%

54%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ness is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ness are

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

Jobs based in Ness

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less100%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Ness residents hold

24 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+200%

Jobs based in Ness, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 3. 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.