Work & commute · Sawyer

Work & commute in Sawyer, ND

Most working residents leave Sawyer for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (57%), Bismarck (5%) and Nedrose (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 158 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 157 Sawyer residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sawyer.

157live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sawyer goes to work

Minot14.5 mi away

57%90

Bismarck89.1 mi away

5%8

Nedrose13 mi away

4%7

Harrison17.9 mi away

3%4

Fargo214.6 mi away

2%3

Velva6 mi away

1%2

Kenmare61.7 mi away

1%2

Garrison34.6 mi away

1%2

Devils Lake100.5 mi away

1%2

Williston119.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%36

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

How far

How far Sawyer commutes

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

67%

25%

4%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sawyer is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sawyer are

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

Jobs based in Sawyer

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Sawyer residents hold

158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−40%

Jobs based in Sawyer, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 36. 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.