Work & commute · Ray

Work & commute in Ray, ND

Most working residents leave Ray for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (39%), Williston (6%) and Minot (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 382 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 359 Ray residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ray.

359live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ray goes to work

Williston24.2 mi away

39%149

Williston26.6 mi away

6%24

Ray (in town)right here

6%23

Minot87.3 mi away

5%18

Judson31.1 mi away

4%17

Tioga11.2 mi away

4%14

Pleasant Valley12.8 mi away

3%11

Missouri Ridge24.1 mi away

3%11

Fargo312.3 mi away

3%10

Stony Creek24 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%97

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

How far

How far Ray commutes

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

39%

34%

20%

7%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ray is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ray are

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

Jobs based in Ray

234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Ray residents hold

382 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

−61%

Jobs based in Ray, 2013 → 2023: 605 → 234. 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.