Work & commute · Van Hook

Work & commute in Van Hook, ND

Most working residents leave Van Hook for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are New Town (21%), Osborn (7%) and Stanley (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
9 of 127 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
13 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 118 Van Hook residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Van Hook.

118live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
341work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Van Hook goes to work

KenmareBurlingtonKilldeerNew TownParshallStanleyWatford CityDickinsonWest FargoWillistonMinotFargoWayzettaParshallVan HookCrane CreekOsbornNedroseLibertyNew TownOsbornStanleyMinotFargoParshallWatford CityWest FargoKenmareVan Hook
1
New Town7.8 mi away
21%27
2
Van Hook (in town)right here
7%9
3
Osborn5.1 mi away
7%9
4
Stanley23.2 mi away
6%7
5
Minot51.2 mi away
4%5
6
Fargo267.9 mi away
3%4
7
Parshall8.7 mi away
2%3
8
Watford City45.5 mi away
2%3
9
West Fargo264.6 mi away
2%3
10
Kenmare49.1 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%55

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

How far

How far Van Hook commutes

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

43%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Van Hook is a job hub

2.76jobs 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 Van Hook are

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

Jobs based in Van Hook

350 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)75%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)11%
$1,250 a month or less5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month6%
Over $3,333 a month89%

Jobs Van Hook residents hold

127 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+130%

Jobs based in Van Hook, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 350. 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.

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