Work & commute · Prairie Centre

Work & commute in Prairie Centre, ND

Most working residents leave Prairie Centre for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Grand Forks (26%), Grafton (19%) and Park River (15%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 27 working residents

Typical commute

12 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 27 Prairie Centre residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prairie Centre.

27live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prairie Centre goes to work

Grand Forks36.1 mi away

26%7

Grafton10 mi away

19%5

Park River8.8 mi away

15%4

Golden13.8 mi away

7%2

Waltham, MA1335.2 mi away

4%1

Minneapolis, MN309.4 mi away

4%1

Forest River9 mi away

4%1

Cavalier32.4 mi away

4%1

Minto9.7 mi away

4%1

Jamestown111 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

11%3

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

How far

How far Prairie Centre commutes

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

22%

33%

11%

22%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prairie Centre is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prairie Centre are

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

Jobs based in Prairie Centre

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Prairie Centre residents hold

27 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+20%

Jobs based in Prairie Centre, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 12. 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.