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Work & commute · Oakes

Work & commute in Oakes, ND

About one in 3 of Oakes’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Gwinner (11%), Fargo (8%) and Bear Creek (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
36%
306 of 849 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
14 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 543 Oakes residents head out of town to work, 306 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oakes.

543live here, work elsewhere
306live and work here
335work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Oakes goes to work

MilnorLaMoureEllendaleOakesGwinnerValley CityMandanWest FargoBismarckFargoDivideKentnerLovellRiverdaleBear CreekGwinnerFargoBear CreekBismarckWest FargoValley CityLaMoureEllendaleMandanOakes
1
Oakes (in town)right here
36%306
2
Gwinner21.6 mi away
11%93
3
Fargo78 mi away
8%72
4
Bear Creek2 mi away
6%48
5
Bismarck135.8 mi away
4%36
6
West Fargo75 mi away
2%20
7
Valley City54.2 mi away
2%19
8
LaMoure18.1 mi away
1%12
9
Ellendale23 mi away
1%12
10
Mandan141.5 mi away
1%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%219

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

How far

How far Oakes commutes

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

44%Under 10 mi
19%10–24 mi
3%25–50 mi
34%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Oakes is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oakes are

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

Jobs based in Oakes

641 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Oakes residents hold

849 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month57%
−8%

Jobs based in Oakes, 2013 → 2023: 695 → 641. 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.

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