Work & commute · Sioux

Work & commute in Sioux, ND

Most working residents leave Sioux for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (17%), Watford City (10%) and Alex (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 52 working residents

Typical commute

28 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 51 Sioux residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sioux.

51live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sioux goes to work

Williston21.7 mi away

17%9

Watford City29.1 mi away

10%5

Alex15 mi away

6%3

Tri11.9 mi away

6%3

Sidney, MT19.4 mi away

4%2

Alexander11.8 mi away

4%2

Dickinson86.6 mi away

4%2

Williston20 mi away

4%2

Missouri Ridge24.6 mi away

4%2

Warroad, MN397.7 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%21

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

How far

How far Sioux commutes

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

43%

20%

33%

4%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sioux is a job hub

3.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Sioux are

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

Jobs based in Sioux

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities80%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Sioux residents hold

52 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month83%

+1012%

Jobs based in Sioux, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 189. 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.