Work & commute · Tappen

Work & commute in Tappen, ND

Most working residents leave Tappen for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Steele (27%), Bismarck (12%) and Jamestown (7%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 88 Tappen residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tappen.

88live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

22work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tappen goes to work

Steele13.8 mi away

27%24

Bismarck54.1 mi away

12%11

Jamestown44.1 mi away

7%6

Mandan59.6 mi away

6%5

Fargo132.2 mi away

6%5

Woodlawn12.1 mi away

4%4

Cando113.4 mi away

2%2

Napoleon26.3 mi away

2%2

Minot121.7 mi away

2%2

Dilworth, MN138.4 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%27

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

How far

How far Tappen commutes

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

39%

13%

42%

7%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tappen is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tappen are

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

Jobs based in Tappen

23 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Tappen residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+229%

Jobs based in Tappen, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 23. 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.