Work & commute · Oberon

Work & commute in Oberon, ND

Most working residents leave Oberon for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Mission (13%), Grafton (8%) and Devils Lake (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

3 of 24 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 21 Oberon residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 443 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oberon.

21live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

443work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oberon goes to work

Oberon (in town)right here

13%3

Mission17.6 mi away

13%3

Grafton89.6 mi away

8%2

Devils Lake20.1 mi away

8%2

Bismarck105.9 mi away

8%2

Grand Forks98.1 mi away

8%2

Wood Lake17.9 mi away

8%2

Moorhead, MN136.4 mi away

4%1

New Rockford17.2 mi away

4%1

Jamestown74.3 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%5

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

How far

How far Oberon commutes

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

13%

38%

50%

13%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

0%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oberon is a job hub

18.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

18.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Oberon are

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

Jobs based in Oberon

446 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Oberon residents hold

24 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

+413%

Jobs based in Oberon, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 446. 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.