Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Earning a living in Hague
For 54% of workers, the job is at home, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in Hague; the top destination outside it is Linton (35%, 20 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 15 minutes (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Hague, and who commutes in
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 59 people are in Hague on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.58 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 people from Hague work
Where Hague clocks in
35% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
What work there is in Hague: 15 jobs
15 jobs are based in Hague.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hague, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 15. 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 Hague’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hague: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hague workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 54% 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 Hague
About 31% 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 Hague: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hague?
10.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hague?
15 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 54% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hague work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Linton (35%, 20 mi), Strasburg (8%, 11 mi), Bismarck (8%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hague without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hague, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hague
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.