Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Regent has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
27 jobs are based in Regent, against 71 working residents. Only 6% work in Regent itself; outside it, Dickinson draws the most (23%, 34 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Regent, and who commutes in
On a workday 67 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Regent on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Out of Regent to work: where people go
Where Regent clocks in
23% 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.
Jobs in Regent: what the 27 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Regent, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 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 Regent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Regent
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Regent workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Regent
About 33% 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.
Work in the towns next to Regent
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Regent workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regent | – | — | — | 21 min | $56,364 |
| Farina Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Farina Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Regent’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 Regent: questions
What is the median household income in Regent?
$56,364 (±$18,476) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Regent?
22.7%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Regent?
21 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 Regent work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dickinson (23%, 34 mi), New England (21%, 17 mi), Williston (4%, 132 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Regent without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Regent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Regent
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.