Work & commute · Pleasant Valley

Work & commute in Pleasant Valley, ND

Most working residents leave Pleasant Valley for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (43%), Judson (7%) and Stony Creek (5%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 92 working residents

Typical commute

35 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 88 Pleasant Valley residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pleasant Valley.

88live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pleasant Valley goes to work

Williston36.1 mi away

43%40

Judson43.1 mi away

7%6

Stony Creek33.8 mi away

5%5

Pleasant Valley (in town)right here

4%4

Williston38.5 mi away

4%4

Tioga5.1 mi away

3%3

Kenmare44.5 mi away

2%2

Ray12.8 mi away

2%2

Pherrin29.1 mi away

2%2

Medora102.3 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%23

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

How far

How far Pleasant Valley commutes

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

75%

10%

9%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

75%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pleasant Valley is a job hub

3.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pleasant Valley are

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

Jobs based in Pleasant Valley

292 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month7%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Pleasant Valley residents hold

92 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month84%

−35%

Jobs based in Pleasant Valley, 2013 → 2023: 449 → 292. 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.