Photo: {{{1}}} · CC BY-SA 2.0How Cathay works: jobs, income and commuting
Home is the office for 0% of workers; North Dakota has 8%. Hardly any work in Cathay itself; outside it, Fessenden draws the most (29%, 12 miles). The Census job records count 7 working residents of Cathay and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cathay on a workday afternoon
On a workday 7 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12 people are in Cathay on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The places Cathay commutes to
Where Cathay clocks in
29% of workers
29% 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 Cathay
of Cathay workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cathay
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 Cathay: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cathay?
18.8%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Cathay work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fessenden (29%, 12 mi), Carrington (29%, 15 mi), Hurdsfield (14%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cathay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cathay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cathay
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.