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Jobs & commute in Rogers

Rogers has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Rogers has 1 jobs, against 23 working residents. Hardly any stay in Rogers for work; outside it, Valley City is the main destination (26%, 14 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; North Dakota has 8%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Rogers by day and by night

On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

23live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night53
Workday31
53live here− 23head out to work+ 1come in to work= 31on a workday

About 31 people are in Rogers on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Rogers goes to work

RogersCasselton: 1 residents work here (4%)Valley City: 6 residents work here (26%)Devils Lake: 1 residents work here (4%)Jamestown: 2 residents work here (9%)Williston: 1 residents work here (4%)Bismarck: 3 residents work here (13%)Grand Forks: 1 residents work here (4%)Fargo: 2 residents work here (9%)Uxbridge Township: 1 residents work here (4%)Kennison Township: 1 residents work here (4%)Spring Creek TownshipRogers TownshipValley CityBismarckJamestownFargoCasseltonDevils LakeRogers
1
Valley City14.1 mi away
26%6
2
Bismarck122.3 mi away
13%3
3
Jamestown25.9 mi away
9%2
4
Fargo66.4 mi away
9%2
5
Casselton48.3 mi away
4%1
6
Devils Lake78.3 mi away
4%1
7
Williston265 mi away
4%1
8
Grand Forks78.3 mi away
4%1
94%1
10
Kennison Township42.5 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
17%4
The top trips

Where Rogers clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Jobs in Rogers: what the 1 are

Jobs based in RogersJobs Rogers residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%22%
Trade, transport & utilities100%39%
Services: health, schools, offices0%39%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%22%
Over $3,333 a month0%52%

Who does it

29 or younger0%17%
30 to 540%43%
55 and older100%39%
−80%

Jobs based in Rogers, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 1. 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 Rogers’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Rogers

Working from home
0%

of Rogers workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Rogers gets to work
68%Drive alone
32%Other

Share of the 19 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.

How far

Miles to work from Rogers

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miValley City: 26% · 14.1 miBismarck: 13% · 122.3 miJamestown: 9% · 25.9 miFargo: 9% · 66.4 miCasselton: 4% · 48.3 miDevils Lake: 4% · 78.3 miWilliston: 4% · 265 miGrand Forks: 4% · 78.3 miUxbridge Township: 4% · 9.5 miKennison Township: 4% · 42.5 miValley City 26%Bismarck 13%Jamestown 9%Fargo 9%Rogers
RogersTop destinations (size = commuters)
4%Under 10 mi1 residents
30%10–24 mi7 residents
22%25–50 mi5 residents
43%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 43% 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

Next door to Rogers

Rogers Township: few work hereRogers TownshipRogers
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownRogers workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Rogers–———$76,042
Rogers Townshipunder 5%————

Same-state neighbors only. Rogers Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Rogers’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Rogers: questions

What is the median household income in Rogers?

$76,042 (±$66,422) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Rogers?

7.7%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Rogers work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Valley City (26%, 14 mi), Bismarck (13%, 122 mi), Jamestown (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Rogers without a car?

0% 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 Rogers, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Rogers

Rogers home →

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.