Work & commute · New Prairie

Work & commute in New Prairie, ND

Most working residents leave New Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (54%), Bismarck (7%) and Nedrose (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 141 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 141 New Prairie residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Prairie.

141live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

2work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Prairie goes to work

Minot10.8 mi away

54%76

Bismarck93.6 mi away

7%10

Nedrose8.6 mi away

5%7

Fargo217.4 mi away

3%4

Surrey6 mi away

3%4

Bottineau54.8 mi away

2%3

Williston118.4 mi away

2%3

Grand Forks185.1 mi away

2%3

Harrison14.6 mi away

2%3

Afton11.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%25

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

How far

How far New Prairie commutes

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

35%

36%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Prairie is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Prairie are

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

Jobs based in New Prairie

2 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs New Prairie residents hold

141 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−78%

Jobs based in New Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 2. 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.