More than half of Gladstone’s working residents commute to Dickinson
A typical one-way commute lasts 30 minutes, where North Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 16% of workers, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in Gladstone itself; outside it, Dickinson draws the most (52%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Gladstone by day
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Gladstone on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Where Gladstone’s working residents head each day
Where Gladstone clocks in
52% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 Gladstone are in services
12 jobs are based in Gladstone.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gladstone, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 12. 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 Gladstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for Gladstone’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gladstone workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 115 commuters (the 16% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Gladstone
About 29% 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 Gladstone: questions
What is the median household income in Gladstone?
$95,417 (±$44,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gladstone?
10.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gladstone?
30 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gladstone work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Gladstone without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gladstone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gladstone
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.