Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 4.7 jobs in Loraine for every working resident, and 14 people commute in
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%. 14 jobs are based in Loraine, and 3 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Loraine; the top destination outside it is Mohall (33%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Loraine by day
On a workday 3 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 19 people are in Loraine on a workday afternoon, 138% more than live here.
4.7 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 the people who work in Loraine live
Where Loraine clocks in
Lines 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.
The kinds of work in Loraine
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loraine, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 14. 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 Loraine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Loraine
of Loraine workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Loraine
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 Loraine: questions
What is the poverty rate in Loraine?
83.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Loraine work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mohall (33%, 8 mi), Harrison Township (33%, 44 mi), Hastings Township (33%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Loraine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loraine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loraine
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.