Work & commute · Willis

Work & commute in Willis, ND

Most working residents leave Willis for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (54%), Williston (5%) and Fargo (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 61 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 61 Willis residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willis.

61live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

94work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willis goes to work

Minot12.7 mi away

54%33

Williston113.5 mi away

5%3

Fargo220.1 mi away

5%3

Dickinson110 mi away

3%2

Afton8.8 mi away

3%2

St. Augustine, FL1638 mi away

2%1

Pequot Lakes, MN339 mi away

2%1

Westhope59.3 mi away

2%1

Velva12.2 mi away

2%1

Kenmare58.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%13

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

How far

How far Willis commutes

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

57%

34%

7%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willis is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Willis are

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

Jobs based in Willis

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Willis residents hold

61 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+1780%

Jobs based in Willis, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 94. 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.