With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Four Bears Village works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Four Bears Village for work; outside it, New Town is the main destination (5%, 5 miles). There are 3 jobs in Four Bears Village, against 91 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers; North Dakota has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Four Bears Village
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 66 people are in Four Bears Village on a workday afternoon, 57% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Four Bears Village: the destinations
Where Four Bears Village clocks in
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.
Services make up most of the work in Four Bears Village
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Four Bears Village, 2014 → 2024: 26 → 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Four Bears Village’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Four Bears Village
of Four Bears Village workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 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.
How far Four Bears Village goes to work
About 23% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Four Bears Village: questions
What is the poverty rate in Four Bears Village?
33.8%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Four Bears Village work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Town (5%, 5 mi), Killdeer (3%, 43 mi), Osborn Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Four Bears Village without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Four Bears Village, from the people who make the trip.
More of Four Bears Village
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.