Work & commute · North Creel

Work & commute in North Creel, ND

Most working residents leave North Creel for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Devils Lake (39%), Fargo (7%) and Grand Forks (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 171 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 169 North Creel residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Creel.

169live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Creel goes to work

Devils Lake4.2 mi away

39%66

Fargo132.1 mi away

7%12

Grand Forks85.2 mi away

4%6

Bismarck128.4 mi away

3%5

Mandan131.5 mi away

2%4

Jamestown88 mi away

2%4

Poplar Grove8.6 mi away

2%4

Starkweather19.3 mi away

2%3

Minnewaukan18.1 mi away

2%3

Lakota26.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%61

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

How far

How far North Creel commutes

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

46%

11%

38%

46%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Creel is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Creel are

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

Jobs based in North Creel

74 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities74%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs North Creel residents hold

171 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−32%

Jobs based in North Creel, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 74. 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.