Work & commute · Oriska

Work & commute in Oriska, ND

Most working residents leave Oriska for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Valley City (21%), Fargo (21%) and Page (7%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 28 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28 Oriska residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oriska.

28live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oriska goes to work

Valley City12.2 mi away

21%6

Fargo43.6 mi away

21%6

Page17.5 mi away

7%2

Jamestown44.8 mi away

7%2

West Fargo40 mi away

7%2

Moorhead, MN47.5 mi away

4%1

Nome18.3 mi away

4%1

Gwinner48.9 mi away

4%1

Litchville28.6 mi away

4%1

Lisbon34.5 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%5

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

How far

How far Oriska commutes

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

39%

50%

11%

0%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

50%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oriska 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 Oriska are

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

Jobs based in Oriska

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)83%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Oriska residents hold

28 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+200%

Jobs based in Oriska, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 12. 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.