Work & commute · Pearl Lake

Work & commute in Pearl Lake, ND

Most working residents leave Pearl Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are LaMoure (36%), Fargo (11%) and Oakes (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 28 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 28 Pearl Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pearl Lake.

28live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pearl Lake goes to work

LaMoure5.2 mi away

36%10

Fargo73.1 mi away

11%3

Oakes20 mi away

7%2

Jamestown40.7 mi away

7%2

Bismarck124 mi away

7%2

Greenville5.9 mi away

7%2

Marion14.7 mi away

4%1

Mayville86.1 mi away

4%1

Lisbon25.7 mi away

4%1

Parshall212.4 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%3

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

How far

How far Pearl Lake commutes

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

39%

18%

36%

39%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pearl Lake is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pearl Lake are

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

Jobs based in Pearl Lake

1 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 month100%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Pearl Lake residents hold

28 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−50%

Jobs based in Pearl Lake, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 1. 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.