Work & commute · Richardton

Work & commute in Richardton, ND

Most working residents leave Richardton for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Dickinson (24%), Bismarck (12%) and Williston (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

57 of 321 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 264 Richardton residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 249 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richardton.

264live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

249work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richardton goes to work

Dickinson21.6 mi away

24%77

Richardton (in town)right here

18%57

Bismarck74.4 mi away

12%37

Williston108.9 mi away

4%13

Mandan68.7 mi away

3%9

Fargo260.2 mi away

3%9

Minot105.7 mi away

2%6

Belfield40.4 mi away

2%5

Taylor4.1 mi away

1%3

Glen Ullin24.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%102

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

How far

How far Richardton commutes

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

21%

33%

36%

21%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richardton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Richardton are

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

Jobs based in Richardton

306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Richardton residents hold

321 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−15%

Jobs based in Richardton, 2013 → 2023: 362 → 306. 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.