Work & commute · Velva

Work & commute in Velva, ND

Most working residents leave Velva for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (23%), Bismarck (10%) and Fargo (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

73 of 455 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 382 Velva residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Velva.

382live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

341work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Velva goes to work

Minot20.1 mi away

23%104

Velva (in town)right here

16%73

Bismarck86.3 mi away

10%44

Fargo208.7 mi away

4%18

Harvey50.3 mi away

4%16

Drake27.5 mi away

3%14

Anamoose34.2 mi away

2%11

Williston125.6 mi away

2%8

Grand Forks178.1 mi away

2%7

Lebanon5.7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%153

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%

29%

12%

39%

20%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Velva is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Velva are

414 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

414 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Velva residents hold

455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+2%

Jobs based in Velva, 2013 → 2023: 404 → 414. 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.