Work & commute · Williston

Work & commute in Williston, ND

Most working residents leave Williston for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Williston (51%), Judson (7%) and Fargo (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 680 working residents

Typical commute

5 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 623 Williston residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 2,298 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Williston.

623live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

2,298work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Williston goes to work

Williston2.4 mi away

51%350

Williston (in town)right here

8%57

Judson4.6 mi away

7%47

Fargo333 mi away

3%21

Bismarck166.1 mi away

2%14

Pherrin9.8 mi away

2%14

Missouri Ridge4.7 mi away

2%13

Dickinson98.3 mi away

1%10

Minot111.6 mi away

1%10

Watford City32.9 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%137

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

How far

How far Williston commutes

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

71%

17%

71%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Williston is a job hub

3.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Williston are

2,355 jobs are based in Williston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Williston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Williston

2,355 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Williston residents hold

680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

−35%

Jobs based in Williston, 2013 → 2023: 3,616 → 2,355. 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.