Work & commute · Plaza

Work & commute in Plaza, ND

Most working residents leave Plaza for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Parshall (31%), Bismarck (8%) and Van Hook (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 26 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 25 Plaza residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plaza.

25live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plaza goes to work

Parshall9.3 mi away

31%8

Bismarck97.2 mi away

8%2

Van Hook17.7 mi away

8%2

Hillsboro230 mi away

4%1

Crosby89.9 mi away

4%1

New Town25.6 mi away

4%1

Stanley31.6 mi away

4%1

West Fargo247.5 mi away

4%1

Williston80.4 mi away

4%1

Minot35.2 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%7

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

How far

How far Plaza commutes

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

15%

31%

27%

15%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plaza is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Plaza are

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

Jobs based in Plaza

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Plaza residents hold

26 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+160%

Jobs based in Plaza, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 52. 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.