Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Pingree draws 40 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
For 16% of workers, the job is at home, against 8% across North Dakota. 40 jobs are based in Pingree, and 22 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Pingree for work; outside it, Jamestown is the main destination (41%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pingree fills up on a workday
On a workday 22 residents head out to work and 0 work right here.
About 61 people are in Pingree on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
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 Pingree live
Where Pingree clocks in
41% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
In Pingree, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pingree, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 40. 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 Pingree’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Pingree: about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pingree workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 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.
The distance from Pingree to work
About 41% 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 Pingree: questions
What is the median household income in Pingree?
$81,328 (±$1,520) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pingree?
6.6%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pingree?
11 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 Pingree work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (41%, 20 mi), Fargo (14%, 100 mi), West Fargo (9%, 97 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pingree 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 Pingree, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pingree
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.