Work & commute · Petersburg

Work & commute in Petersburg, ND

Most working residents leave Petersburg for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (17%), Lakota (15%) and McVille (6%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 47 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 45 Petersburg residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Petersburg.

45live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Petersburg goes to work

Grand Forks42.8 mi away

17%8

Lakota16.1 mi away

15%7

McVille19.2 mi away

6%3

Bismarck153.8 mi away

6%3

Aneta23.3 mi away

4%2

Petersburg (in town)right here

4%2

Devils Lake40.9 mi away

4%2

Fargo96.6 mi away

4%2

Dayton25.8 mi away

4%2

Omaha, NE476.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%15

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

How far

How far Petersburg commutes

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

34%

23%

9%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Petersburg is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Petersburg are

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

Jobs based in Petersburg

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities92%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Petersburg residents hold

47 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−54%

Jobs based in Petersburg, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 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.