Work & commute · White Shield

Work & commute in White Shield, ND

Most working residents leave White Shield for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Parshall (5%), Bismarck (5%) and Dickinson (2%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

15 of 147 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 132 White Shield residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Shield.

132live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White Shield goes to work

White Shield (in town)right here

10%15

Parshall24.7 mi away

5%8

Bismarck77.2 mi away

5%7

Dickinson69.4 mi away

2%3

Minot47.6 mi away

2%3

Williston91.2 mi away

1%2

Fargo241.4 mi away

1%2

Belcourt126.5 mi away

1%2

Washington, DC1379.4 mi away

1%1

Rochester, MN515.9 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

70%103

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

How far

How far White Shield commutes

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

13%

60%

22%

13%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

60%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White Shield is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in White Shield are

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

Jobs based in White Shield

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs White Shield residents hold

147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+168%

Jobs based in White Shield, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 67. 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.