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Work & commute · Sorkness

Work & commute in Sorkness, ND

Most working residents leave Sorkness for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Stanley (33%), Beulah (11%) and Dickinson (11%). Half commute less than 48 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 9 working residents
Typical commute
48 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
— min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
33%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9 Sorkness residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sorkness.

9live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sorkness goes to work

White EarthBowmanBeulahStanleyDickinsonMinotGrand ForksSioux FallsPlazaWhite EarthCottonwoodGolden GlenCarpioMyrtlePowers LakeManitouSorknessStanleyBeulahDickinsonMinotGrand ForksPlazaSorkness
1
Stanley14.6 mi away
33%3
2
Beulah89.6 mi away
11%1
3
Dickinson105 mi away
11%1
4
Minot65.7 mi away
11%1
5
Grand Forks260 mi away
11%1
6
Plaza45.6 mi away
11%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
11%1

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

How far

How far Sorkness commutes

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

0%Under 10 mi
33%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
44%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sorkness is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sorkness are

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

Jobs based in Sorkness

7 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities100%
Services (health, schools, offices…)0%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Sorkness residents hold

9 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities44%
Services (health, schools, offices…)33%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month11%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−80%

Jobs based in Sorkness, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 7. 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.

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