Work & commute · Ora

Work & commute in Ora, ND

Most working residents leave Ora for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Devils Lake (33%), Lakota (20%) and Morris (7%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 15 working residents

Typical commute

48 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 15 Ora residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ora.

15live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ora goes to work

Devils Lake50.7 mi away

33%5

Lakota28.8 mi away

20%3

Morris, MN176.6 mi away

7%1

Tolna23.9 mi away

7%1

Fargo79.1 mi away

7%1

Mission45.4 mi away

7%1

Dahlen29.4 mi away

7%1

Casselton63.6 mi away

7%1

Michigan22.5 mi away

7%1

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

How far

How far Ora commutes

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

13%

53%

33%

0%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

53%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ora is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ora are

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

Jobs based in Ora

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Ora residents hold

15 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+100%

Jobs based in Ora, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 4. 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.