Porcupine has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
5 jobs are based in Porcupine, against 58 working residents. Hardly any stay in Porcupine for work; outside it, Cannon Ball is the main destination (17%, 24 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 8% across North Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Porcupine by day
On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 85 people are in Porcupine on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Porcupine to work: where people go
Where Porcupine clocks in
17% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 100% of Porcupine’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Porcupine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Porcupine spends getting to work: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Porcupine workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 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.
Porcupine’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Porcupine: questions
What is the median household income in Porcupine?
$70,469 (±$33,845) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Porcupine?
11.6%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Porcupine?
43 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Porcupine work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cannon Ball (17%, 24 mi), Bismarck (9%, 44 mi), Solen (7%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Porcupine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 42% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Porcupine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Porcupine
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.