Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Robinson has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 8% across North Dakota. There are 5 jobs in Robinson for 10 working residents. Hardly any work in Robinson itself; outside it, Steele draws the most (30%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Robinson by day and by night
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31 people are in Robinson on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
Where the trip to work from Robinson ends
Where Robinson clocks in
20% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Robinson
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Robinson, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. 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 Robinson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Robinson
of Robinson workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 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 Robinson
About 50% 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 Robinson: questions
What is the median household income in Robinson?
$51,250 (±$40,309) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Robinson?
8.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Robinson work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Steele (30%, 21 mi), Mandan (20%, 56 mi), Woodlawn Township (20%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Robinson without a car?
8% 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 Robinson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Robinson
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.