Work & commute · Pleasant Lake

Work & commute in Pleasant Lake, ND

Most working residents leave Pleasant Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Maddock (38%), Bismarck (13%) and Thief River Falls (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 16 working residents

Typical commute

29 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 16 Pleasant Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Lake.

16live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

1work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Lake goes to work

Maddock27.3 mi away

38%6

Bismarck114.5 mi away

13%2

Thief River Falls, MN165.6 mi away

6%1

Minnewaukan29.2 mi away

6%1

Leeds15.5 mi away

6%1

Grafton108.3 mi away

6%1

Jamestown110 mi away

6%1

Williston179.1 mi away

6%1

Grand Forks126.5 mi away

6%1

York10.5 mi away

6%1

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

How far

How far Pleasant Lake commutes

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

13%

44%

0%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

44%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Lake is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Lake are

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

Jobs based in Pleasant Lake

1 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month100%

Jobs Pleasant Lake residents hold

16 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month31%

−67%

Jobs based in Pleasant Lake, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 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.