Work & commute · Rolette

Work & commute in Rolette, ND

Most working residents leave Rolette for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Belcourt (16%), Rolla (10%) and Rugby (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

32 of 182 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 150 Rolette residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rolette.

150live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rolette goes to work

Rolette (in town)right here

18%32

Belcourt13.3 mi away

16%30

Rolla16.5 mi away

10%19

Rugby21.5 mi away

4%8

Bismarck134.6 mi away

4%7

Dunseith14.5 mi away

3%5

Dickinson183.7 mi away

2%4

Grand Forks136.6 mi away

2%3

Fargo187 mi away

2%3

Cando31.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%69

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

How far

How far Rolette commutes

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

21%

50%

26%

21%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rolette is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rolette are

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

Jobs based in Rolette

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Rolette residents hold

182 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−23%

Jobs based in Rolette, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 158. 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.