Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0For about two in three of its working residents, Driscoll is a commute to Bismarck
0% of workers work from home, against 8% across North Dakota. Only 3% work in Driscoll; the top destination outside it is Bismarck (63%, 30 miles). Driscoll has 3 jobs; 32 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Driscoll
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 30 people are in Driscoll on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.
0.09 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.
Out of Driscoll to work: where people go
Where Driscoll clocks in
63% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Driscoll
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Driscoll, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 3. 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 Driscoll’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Driscoll
of Driscoll workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 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 Driscoll
About 19% 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 Driscoll: questions
What is the median household income in Driscoll?
$46,389 (±$2,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Driscoll?
8.5%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Driscoll work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around Driscoll without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Driscoll, from the people who make the trip.
More of Driscoll
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.