Jobs in Sawyer fell by 24 from 2013 to 2023, to 36. The town’s average commute is 19 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 15 miles away. The top destinations are Minot (57%), Bismarck (5%) and Nedrose Township (4%).

1%work in town

	Sawyer	North Dakota towns	U.S. towns
Working residents who work in town	0.6%	39%	8%
Average trip to work	19 minutes	16 minutes	25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Sawyer1%

Minot57%

Bismarck5%

Nedrose Township4%

Harrison Township3%

15 mi

median commute distance

jobs based in Sawyer

A commuter town

jobs vs. working residents

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The jobs here36 jobs based here · A commuter town Where people work1% work in Sawyer Commute times19 minutes · The average commute How far they goHalf commute less than 15 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Schools

The schools Sawyer’s kids attend

Its two schools are below. The public schools here belong to the Sawyer 16 school district. Public school enrollment in the town: 94 students across 2 schools.

School	Level	Students	Letter
Sawyer Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8	Grades PK–8	74	C
Sawyer High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12	Grades 9–12	20	–

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The districtsSAWYER 16 Every school2 schools · Sawyer Elementary School Questions“Are Sawyer’s schools good?”

NCES · EDFacts

Natural hazards

Natural hazards: low risk in Sawyer, mostly cold waves

Compared with 72% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Sawyer is lower. 41% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 30%. Since 1979, Sawyer has seen 5 flood insurance claims paid out.

28risk score of 100

FEMA risk score

Cold wavesInland floodingTornadoes

paid flood claims since 1979

federal disasters paid out here

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What it facesLow risk Flood claims5 paid flood claims · Since 1979 Past disasters3 federal disasters · Paid out in Sawyer Get ready21 events a year, on average · Ready for cold waves

FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Climate

Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Sawyer

In Sawyer, the midsummer high is 82°F, against 82°F in North Dakota’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.

52″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter5–22°

Spring29–52°

Summer55–80°

Fall32–54°

Sep 27

typical first frost

May 13

typical last frost

+1.0°

vs. the 20th-century average

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A year of weatherJuly highs 82°, January lows 1°Rain & snow52″ of snow a winter · 18 inches of rain and snow a year Heating & coolingMostly a heating bill Then and now+1.0° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

How healthy Sawyer is

15% of Sawyer adults say their health is fair or poor, below both the North Dakota town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (19%). This North Dakota town does better than the North Dakota average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. The share of adults in Sawyer who sleep under 7 hours: 39%.

	Sawyer	North Dakota towns	U.S. towns
Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES)	39%	33%	36%
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)	22%	22%	16%
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)	14%	15%	17%
Food insecurity (CDC PLACES)	8.2%	12%	14%