Work & commute · New Salem

Work & commute in New Salem, ND

Most working residents leave New Salem for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Bismarck (17%), Hebron (8%) and Glen Ullin (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

61 of 404 working residents

Typical commute

30 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 343 New Salem residents head out of town to work, 61 work right here, and 338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Salem.

343live here, work elsewhere

61live and work here

338work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Salem goes to work

Bismarck30.8 mi away

17%69

New Salem (in town)right here

15%61

Hebron29.9 mi away

8%34

Glen Ullin19.8 mi away

7%28

Dickinson65.2 mi away

7%28

Mandan25.1 mi away

7%27

Fargo216.8 mi away

3%12

Richardton43.6 mi away

1%6

Minot96.5 mi away

1%6

Grand Forks215.8 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%127

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

How far

How far New Salem commutes

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

16%

40%

28%

16%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Salem is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Salem are

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

Jobs based in New Salem

399 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs New Salem residents hold

404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+37%

Jobs based in New Salem, 2013 → 2023: 291 → 399. 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.