Work & commute · White Earth

Work & commute in White Earth, ND

Most working residents leave White Earth for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Stanley (25%), Minot (11%) and Williston (8%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 35 White Earth residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Earth.

35live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Earth goes to work

Stanley20.6 mi away

25%9

Minot72 mi away

11%4

Williston41.1 mi away

8%3

Tioga6.4 mi away

8%3

Tioga5.8 mi away

6%2

Fargo298.8 mi away

6%2

Idaho21.8 mi away

6%2

Portal41.8 mi away

3%1

Kenmare38.6 mi away

3%1

New Town33.3 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%8

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

How far

How far White Earth commutes

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

17%

31%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Earth is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in White Earth are

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

Jobs based in White Earth

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)89%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs White Earth residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+600%

Jobs based in White Earth, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 28. 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.