Work & commute · South Heart

Work & commute in South Heart, ND

Most working residents leave South Heart for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Dickinson (23%), Belfield (16%) and Williston (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 176 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 171 South Heart residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Heart.

171live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Heart goes to work

Dickinson9.3 mi away

23%40

Belfield9.8 mi away

16%29

Williston96.3 mi away

6%10

Fargo291 mi away

5%8

Medora25.5 mi away

3%5

South Heart (in town)right here

3%5

Killdeer36.5 mi away

3%5

Bismarck105.1 mi away

2%4

Minot123.8 mi away

2%4

Washburn96.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%64

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

How far

How far South Heart commutes

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

38%

18%

10%

34%

38%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Heart is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in South Heart are

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

Jobs based in South Heart

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs South Heart residents hold

176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+14%

Jobs based in South Heart, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 133. 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.