Grassy Butte Post Office · Photo: Jack Boucher · Public domainThere are 2.9 jobs in Killdeer for every working resident, and 1,162 people commute in
Killdeer has 1,290 jobs for 452 working residents. About one in four work in Killdeer itself; outside it, Dickinson draws the most (14%, 33 miles). For 17% 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
What sets Killdeer apart on work
Killdeer is where the jobs are
Killdeer has 1,290 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,800 people are in town, 92% more than the 910 who live here. Day and night ↓
Killdeer’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Killdeer is Dickinson, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (62) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The biggest group of Killdeer’s workers comes from Dickinson
322 of the people who work in Killdeer live in Dickinson, 33 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 452 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Killdeer, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 324 residents head out to work and 128 work right here.
About 1,800 people are in Killdeer on a workday afternoon, 92% more than live here.
2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 in the region Killdeer works
About 18% 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.
Where Killdeer’s workers come from
Where Killdeer clocks in
14% 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.
Killdeer makes things: 36% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Killdeer, 2013 → 2023: 1,099 → 1,290. 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 Killdeer’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Killdeer: about 14 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Killdeer workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 17% 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.
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 Killdeer: questions
What is the median household income in Killdeer?
$89,750 (±$18,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Killdeer?
9.4%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Killdeer?
14 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Killdeer work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dickinson (14%, 33 mi), Bismarck (4%, 101 mi), Halliday (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Killdeer 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 Killdeer, from the people who make the trip.
More of Killdeer
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.