Work & commute · Voltaire

Work & commute in Voltaire, ND

Most working residents leave Voltaire for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Velva (27%), Minot (14%) and Wilton (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 22 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 22 Voltaire residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Voltaire.

22live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Voltaire goes to work

Velva4.9 mi away

27%6

Minot25 mi away

14%3

Wilton59.5 mi away

5%1

Anamoose29.4 mi away

5%1

Drake22.7 mi away

5%1

Stanley74.6 mi away

5%1

Bismarck83.3 mi away

5%1

Fargo203.8 mi away

5%1

Lebanon3.2 mi away

5%1

McGahan62 mi away

5%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%5

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

How far

How far Voltaire commutes

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

32%

14%

18%

36%

32%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Voltaire is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Voltaire are

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

Jobs based in Voltaire

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month95%

Jobs Voltaire residents hold

22 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−49%

Jobs based in Voltaire, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 19. 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.