Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Amidon works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Amidon; the top destination outside it is New England (25%, 22 miles). Amidon has 4 jobs for 8 working residents. 67% of workers work from home, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Amidon
On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17 people are in Amidon on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Amidon: the destinations
Where Amidon clocks in
25% of workers
25% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Most jobs in Amidon are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amidon, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 4. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Amidon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Amidon
of Amidon workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 commuters (the 67% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Amidon to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Amidon: questions
What is the poverty rate in Amidon?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Amidon work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New England (25%, 22 mi), Bowman (25%, 21 mi), Dickinson (25%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amidon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amidon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amidon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.