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Work & commute · Portal

Work & commute in Portal, ND

Most working residents leave Portal for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (20%), Lakeville (10%) and Portal (10%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 10 working residents
Typical commute
42 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10 Portal residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Portal.

10live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Portal goes to work

TracyLakevilleLignitePortalKenmarePowers LakeTiogaMinotFargoTiogaPortalSooValeHay CreekShort CreekSiouxMinotLakevillePortalKenmarePowers LakeTiogaFargoTiogaSiouxPortal
1
Minot78.6 mi away
20%2
2
Lakeville, MN531.7 mi away
10%1
3
Portal4.8 mi away
10%1
4
Kenmare31.3 mi away
10%1
5
Powers Lake26.3 mi away
10%1
6
Tioga40.7 mi away
10%1
7
Fargo304.3 mi away
10%1
8
Tioga39.2 mi away
10%1
9
Sioux91.4 mi away
10%1

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

How far

How far Portal commutes

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

10%Under 10 mi
0%10–24 mi
40%25–50 mi
50%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Portal is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Portal are

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

Jobs based in Portal

7 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less43%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Portal residents hold

10 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities40%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less30%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month50%
−93%

Jobs based in Portal, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 7. 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.

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