Work & commute · Palermo

Work & commute in Palermo, ND

Most working residents leave Palermo for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Stanley (29%), Williston (9%) and New Town (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 45 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 44 Palermo residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Palermo.

44live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

8work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Palermo goes to work

Stanley7.8 mi away

29%13

Williston65.8 mi away

9%4

New Town26.8 mi away

7%3

Plaza25.1 mi away

4%2

Crosby62.7 mi away

4%2

Minot44.6 mi away

4%2

Fargo271.6 mi away

4%2

Mohall44.2 mi away

2%1

Berthold22 mi away

2%1

Kenmare24.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%14

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

How far

How far Palermo commutes

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

33%

22%

36%

33%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Palermo is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Palermo are

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

Jobs based in Palermo

9 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Palermo residents hold

45 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−74%

Jobs based in Palermo, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 9. 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.