Work & commute · Tri

Work & commute in Tri, ND

Most working residents leave Tri for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (20%), Alexander (8%) and Watford City (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 55 Tri residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tri.

55live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tri goes to work

Williston12 mi away

20%12

Alexander12.4 mi away

8%5

Watford City23.7 mi away

8%5

Tri (in town)right here

8%5

Grand Forks304.3 mi away

5%3

Judson11.6 mi away

5%3

Bismarck158.9 mi away

3%2

Williston11.3 mi away

3%2

Fairview, MT21.2 mi away

2%1

Sidney, MT31.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%21

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

How far

How far Tri commutes

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

16%

44%

14%

26%

16%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tri is a job hub

2.83jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tri are

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

Jobs based in Tri

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Tri residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+1445%

Jobs based in Tri, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 170. 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.