Work & commute · Pickering

Work & commute in Pickering, ND

Most working residents leave Pickering for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bottineau (22%), Minot (7%) and Dunseith (5%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 83 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 80 Pickering residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pickering.

80live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

85work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pickering goes to work

Bottineau3.9 mi away

22%18

Minot55.3 mi away

7%6

Dunseith20.8 mi away

5%4

Mandan141.1 mi away

5%4

Bismarck141.6 mi away

5%4

Westhope23.2 mi away

4%3

Harrison57.6 mi away

4%3

Pickering (in town)right here

4%3

Rugby41.5 mi away

2%2

Roland8.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%34

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

How far

How far Pickering commutes

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

29%

11%

18%

42%

29%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pickering is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pickering are

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

Jobs based in Pickering

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Pickering residents hold

83 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+66%

Jobs based in Pickering, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 88. 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.