Work & commute · Poplar Grove

Work & commute in Poplar Grove, ND

Most working residents leave Poplar Grove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Devils Lake (39%), Grand Forks (10%) and Bismarck (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 135 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 130 Poplar Grove residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poplar Grove.

130live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

75work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poplar Grove goes to work

Devils Lake6.7 mi away

39%52

Grand Forks89.5 mi away

10%14

Bismarck119.8 mi away

6%8

Fargo131.9 mi away

4%6

Poplar Grove (in town)right here

4%5

Starkweather26.6 mi away

3%4

Cando29.7 mi away

2%3

Jamestown82.2 mi away

2%3

North Creel8.6 mi away

2%3

Minnewaukan11.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%35

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

How far

How far Poplar Grove commutes

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

44%

10%

40%

44%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poplar Grove is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poplar Grove are

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

Jobs based in Poplar Grove

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Poplar Grove residents hold

135 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+105%

Jobs based in Poplar Grove, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 80. 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.