Work & commute · Surrey

Work & commute in Surrey, ND

Most working residents leave Surrey for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (49%), Bismarck (7%) and Surrey (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 149 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 148 Surrey residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Surrey.

148live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Surrey goes to work

Minot9.4 mi away

49%73

Bismarck99.5 mi away

7%10

Surrey2.5 mi away

3%5

Fargo219.5 mi away

3%5

Nedrose4.8 mi away

3%5

Harrison13.4 mi away

3%4

Velva14.1 mi away

2%3

Dickinson123 mi away

2%3

Stanley61.2 mi away

1%2

West Fargo216.5 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%37

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

How far

How far Surrey commutes

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

49%

20%

27%

49%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Surrey is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Surrey are

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

Jobs based in Surrey

171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Surrey residents hold

149 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+755%

Jobs based in Surrey, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 171. 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.