Work & commute · New England

Work & commute in New England, ND

Most working residents leave New England for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Dickinson (27%), Bismarck (9%) and Mott (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

34 of 241 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 207 New England residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New England.

207live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New England goes to work

Dickinson24.5 mi away

27%64

New England (in town)right here

14%34

Bismarck101.3 mi away

9%21

Mott28.5 mi away

5%12

Minot138.7 mi away

5%11

Regent16.8 mi away

3%7

Hettinger38.7 mi away

2%5

Williston119.6 mi away

2%5

Fargo286.9 mi away

2%5

Mandan95.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%73

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

How far

How far New England commutes

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

17%

28%

23%

32%

17%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New England is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New England are

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

Jobs based in New England

198 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs New England residents hold

241 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+9%

Jobs based in New England, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 198. 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.