Work & commute · Towner

Work & commute in Towner, ND

Most working residents leave Towner for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (26%), Bismarck (9%) and Bottineau (4%). Half commute less than 42 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

21 of 209 working residents

Typical commute

42 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 188 Towner residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Towner.

188live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Towner goes to work

Minot40.7 mi away

26%54

Towner (in town)right here

10%21

Bismarck107.2 mi away

9%18

Bottineau33 mi away

4%9

Fargo195.6 mi away

4%9

Rugby19.2 mi away

4%8

Denbigh6.2 mi away

4%8

Velva31.4 mi away

2%4

Harrison44.6 mi away

2%4

Afton44.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%70

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

How far

How far Towner commutes

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

16%

45%

32%

16%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

45%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Towner is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Towner are

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

Jobs based in Towner

209 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Towner residents hold

209 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−17%

Jobs based in Towner, 2013 → 2023: 252 → 209. 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.