Work & commute · Velva

Work & commute in Velva, ND

Most working residents leave Velva for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (29%), Velva (14%) and Bismarck (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 107 Velva residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Velva.

107live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Velva goes to work

Minot18.7 mi away

29%32

Velva1.4 mi away

14%16

Bismarck87.4 mi away

7%8

Velva (in town)right here

4%5

Harvey51.5 mi away

4%4

Anamoose35.4 mi away

2%2

Towner31.5 mi away

2%2

Drake28.7 mi away

2%2

Rugby48.7 mi away

2%2

Stanley68.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%37

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

How far

How far Velva commutes

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

20%

35%

11%

35%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Velva is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Velva are

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

Jobs based in Velva

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Velva residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+61%

Jobs based in Velva, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 61. 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.