Photo: {{{1}}} · CC BY-SA 2.0Cannon Ball at work: jobs, income and the commute
Employers in Cannon Ball report 266 jobs; 171 of its residents have a job. About one in four work in Cannon Ball; the top destination outside it is Selfridge (6%, 24 miles). Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average; North Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Cannon Ball, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 128 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Cannon Ball on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Cannon Ball
Where Cannon Ball clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Cannon Ball
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cannon Ball, 2013 → 2023: 332 → 266. 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 Cannon Ball’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Cannon Ball takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cannon Ball workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where in the region Cannon Ball works
About 18% 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 Cannon Ball: questions
What is the median household income in Cannon Ball?
$42,031 (±$40,503) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cannon Ball?
50.7%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cannon Ball?
29 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cannon Ball work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Selfridge (6%, 24 mi), Bismarck (6%, 35 mi), Fargo (5%, 184 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cannon Ball without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cannon Ball, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cannon Ball
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.