Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of De Lamere works elsewhere
2 jobs are based in De Lamere, and 10 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in De Lamere itself; outside it, Gwinner draws the most (30%, 16 miles). For 100% of workers, the job is at home; North Dakota has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of De Lamere
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2 people are in De Lamere on a workday afternoon, 80% 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.
Commuting out of De Lamere: the destinations
Where De Lamere clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Most jobs in De Lamere are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in De Lamere, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 2. 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 De Lamere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in De Lamere
of De Lamere workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from De Lamere
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 De Lamere: questions
What is the median household income in De Lamere?
$80,714 (±$17,946) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in De Lamere?
30.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in De Lamere work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gwinner (30%, 16 mi), Forman (10%, 18 mi), Wyndmere (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from De Lamere, from the people who make the trip.
More of De Lamere
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.