Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Clifford draws 25 commuters a day, with 2.8 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 8% across North Dakota. 25 jobs are based in Clifford, and 9 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Clifford for work; outside it, Mayville is the main destination (22%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Clifford by day and by night
On a workday 9 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 47 people are in Clifford on a workday afternoon, 52% more 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.
Where the people who work in Clifford live
Where Clifford clocks in
22% of workers
22% 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.
88% of the jobs in Clifford pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clifford, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 25. 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 Clifford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Clifford
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clifford workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 25 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 Clifford
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 Clifford: questions
What is the poverty rate in Clifford?
3.7%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clifford?
19 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clifford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mayville (22%, 11 mi), Fargo (22%, 43 mi), Hillsboro (11%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clifford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clifford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clifford
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.