Work & commute · West Bay

Work & commute in West Bay, ND

Most working residents leave West Bay for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Devils Lake (18%), Twin Falls (6%) and Warroad (6%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 17 working residents

Typical commute

29 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 17 West Bay residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Bay.

17live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Bay goes to work

Devils Lake18.8 mi away

18%3

Twin Falls, ID827.9 mi away

6%1

Warroad, MN190.2 mi away

6%1

Minnewaukan1.3 mi away

6%1

Esmond22.8 mi away

6%1

Cando29.9 mi away

6%1

Maddock13.5 mi away

6%1

Lisbon134.4 mi away

6%1

Rugby39.3 mi away

6%1

Mandan113.5 mi away

6%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%5

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

How far

How far West Bay commutes

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

41%

12%

41%

6%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Bay is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Bay are

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

Jobs based in West Bay

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less50%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs West Bay residents hold

17 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+33%

Jobs based in West Bay, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 4. 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.