Work & commute · Vale

Work & commute in Vale, ND

Most working residents leave Vale for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (11%), Minot (11%) and Lignite (7%). Half commute less than 69 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 28 working residents

Typical commute

69 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 28 Vale residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vale.

28live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

20work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vale goes to work

Williston66.3 mi away

11%3

Minot74.1 mi away

11%3

Lignite2.4 mi away

7%2

Powers Lake20.1 mi away

7%2

Stanley38.4 mi away

7%2

Judson72.5 mi away

7%2

Newburg77.6 mi away

4%1

Carpio49.4 mi away

4%1

Bowbells16.7 mi away

4%1

Kenmare27.2 mi away

4%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%10

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

How far

How far Vale commutes

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

11%

14%

18%

57%

11%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

57%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vale is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vale are

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

Jobs based in Vale

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities95%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Vale residents hold

28 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+11%

Jobs based in Vale, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 20. 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.