Work & commute · Stony Creek

Work & commute in Stony Creek, ND

Most working residents leave Stony Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (41%), Williston (6%) and Judson (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 365 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 357 Stony Creek residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 344 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stony Creek.

357live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

344work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stony Creek goes to work

Williston9.4 mi away

41%150

Williston10.5 mi away

6%22

Judson13.5 mi away

5%20

Missouri Ridge13.4 mi away

4%13

Ray24 mi away

3%12

Bismarck155.7 mi away

3%12

Tioga34.5 mi away

3%11

Pherrin11.6 mi away

2%9

Stony Creek (in town)right here

2%8

Watford City22.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%101

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

How far

How far Stony Creek commutes

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

56%

16%

12%

16%

56%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stony Creek is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stony Creek are

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

Jobs based in Stony Creek

352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month91%

Jobs Stony Creek residents hold

365 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+82%

Jobs based in Stony Creek, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 352. 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.