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 (27%), Fargo (15%) and West Fargo (7%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 55 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 55 Oriska residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oriska.

55live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

6work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oriska goes to work

Valley City10.1 mi away

27%15

Fargo45.6 mi away

15%8

West Fargo42.1 mi away

7%4

Bismarck140.9 mi away

5%3

Enderlin23.3 mi away

4%2

Lisbon34.4 mi away

4%2

Jamestown42.7 mi away

4%2

Grand Forks75.8 mi away

4%2

Fort Wayne, IN745.6 mi away

2%1

East Grand Forks, MN77.9 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%15

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.

22%

18%

33%

27%

22%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oriska is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oriska are

6 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

6 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Oriska residents hold

55 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−71%

Jobs based in Oriska, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 6. 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.