Work & commute · Solen

Work & commute in Solen, ND

Most working residents leave Solen for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Cannon Ball (18%), Dickinson (12%) and Wibaux (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

2 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 15 Solen residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Solen.

15live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Solen goes to work

Cannon Ball9.1 mi away

18%3

Solen (in town)right here

12%2

Dickinson101.2 mi away

12%2

Wibaux, MT166.1 mi away

6%1

Fort Yates22.2 mi away

6%1

Selfridge24.7 mi away

6%1

New Town136.2 mi away

6%1

Devils Lake149.4 mi away

6%1

Bismarck29.5 mi away

6%1

Fargo191.1 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%3

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

How far

How far Solen commutes

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

12%

41%

12%

35%

12%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Solen is a job hub

3.35jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Solen are

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

Jobs based in Solen

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Solen residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−20%

Jobs based in Solen, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 57. 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.