Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Bisbee works elsewhere
Bisbee has 10 jobs, against 32 working residents. Hardly any work in Bisbee; the top destination outside it is Cando (28%, 13 miles). Working residents average 37 minutes each way, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Bisbee by day
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 80 people are in Bisbee on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The places Bisbee commutes to
Where Bisbee clocks in
28% of workers
16% of workers
9% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Bisbee
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bisbee, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 10. 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 Bisbee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 37 minutes in Bisbee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bisbee workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 2% 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.
Bisbee’s commute, mile by mile
About 22% 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.
Next door to Bisbee
The biggest share goes to New City Township (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bisbee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisbee | – | — | — | 37 min | $85,179 |
| New City Township | 6% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New City Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bisbee’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bisbee: questions
What is the median household income in Bisbee?
$85,179 (±$61,975) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bisbee?
17.6%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bisbee?
37 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bisbee work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cando (28%, 13 mi), Cando Township (16%, 13 mi), Fargo (9%, 170 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bisbee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bisbee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bisbee
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.