Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Jobs and earnings in Brinsmade, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in Brinsmade; the top destination outside it is Maddock (19%, 18 miles). Brinsmade has 16 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Brinsmade
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12 people are in Brinsmade on a workday afternoon, 57% 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 people from Brinsmade work
Where Brinsmade clocks in
19% of workers
13% 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.
Working from home in Brinsmade
of Brinsmade workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 0% 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 commute from Brinsmade, by distance
About 31% 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.
The towns around Brinsmade
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brinsmade workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brinsmade | – | — | — | — | — |
| Riggin Township | under 7% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Riggin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brinsmade’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 Brinsmade: questions
What is the poverty rate in Brinsmade?
38.1%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Brinsmade work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maddock (19%, 18 mi), Leeds (13%, 9 mi), Devils Lake (13%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brinsmade 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 Brinsmade, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brinsmade
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.