Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0How Balfour works: jobs, income and commuting
Hardly any stay in Balfour for work; outside it, Wilton is the main destination (11%, 56 miles). The Census job records count 9 working residents of Balfour and no jobs based in it. Below the poverty line: 66.7% of residents; North Dakota has 10.8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Balfour
On a workday 9 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7 people are in Balfour on a workday afternoon, 56% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Balfour goes to work
Where Balfour clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Balfour’s commute, mile by mile
About 56% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 Balfour: questions
What is the poverty rate in Balfour?
66.7%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Balfour work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilton (11%, 56 mi), Cando (11%, 72 mi), Velva (11%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Balfour, from the people who make the trip.
More of Balfour
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.