Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Plaza commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, next to 18 for North Dakota and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Plaza report 27 jobs; 85 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Plaza itself; outside it, Stanley draws the most (25%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Plaza, and who commutes in
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Plaza on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer 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.
The towns that employ Plaza’s residents
Where Plaza clocks in
25% of workers
6% 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 Plaza’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plaza, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 27. 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 Plaza’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Plaza: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plaza workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 186 commuters (the 4% 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 commute from Plaza, by distance
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.
Next door to Plaza
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plaza workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaza | – | — | — | 25 min | $85,481 |
| Spring Coulee Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Plaza Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Coulee Township and Plaza Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Plaza’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Plaza: questions
What is the median household income in Plaza?
$85,481 (±$12,493) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plaza?
4.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plaza?
25 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plaza work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stanley (25%, 28 mi), Tioga (6%, 52 mi), Idaho Township (6%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Plaza 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 Plaza, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plaza
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.