Work & commute · Steele

Work & commute in Steele, ND

About one in 4 of Steele’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bismarck (18%), Woodlawn (7%) and Fargo (5%). Half commute less than 39 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

60 of 218 working residents

Typical commute

39 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 158 Steele residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Steele.

158live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Steele goes to work

Steele (in town)right here

28%60

Bismarck40.3 mi away

18%39

Woodlawn2 mi away

7%16

Fargo145.9 mi away

5%11

Mandan45.8 mi away

4%9

Jamestown57.9 mi away

4%9

Sibley6.8 mi away

2%5

Pettibone26 mi away

2%4

Dickinson136 mi away

2%4

Napoleon25.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%58

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

How far

How far Steele commutes

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

39%

26%

28%

39%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Steele is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Steele are

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

Jobs based in Steele

332 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Steele residents hold

218 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−12%

Jobs based in Steele, 2013 → 2023: 378 → 332. 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.