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Jobs & commute in Selz

Work and commuting in Selz

0% of workers work from home, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in Selz itself; outside it, Rugby draws the most (23%, 35 miles). No jobs are based in Selz in the Census job records; 13 of its residents work elsewhere.

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

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Selz

On a workday 13 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

13live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night30
Workday17
30live here− 13head out to work+ 0come in to work= 17on a workday

About 17 people are in Selz on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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

The towns that employ Selz’s residents

Balta: 1 residents work here (8%)Rugby: 3 residents work here (23%)Williston: 1 residents work here (8%)Minot: 2 residents work here (15%)Fargo: 1 residents work here (8%)Pleasant Lake Township: 1 residents work here (8%)Whitteron Township: 1 residents work here (8%)Butte Valley Township: 1 residents work here (8%)SelzRugbyMinotBaltaWillistonFargoPleasant Lake TownshipSelz
1
Rugby35.2 mi away
23%3
2
Minot69 mi away
15%2
3
Balta22.2 mi away
8%1
4
Williston175 mi away
8%1
5
Fargo159 mi away
8%1
68%1
7
Whitteron Township72.8 mi away
8%1
88%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
15%2
The top trips

Where Selz 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Selz

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Selz gets to work
55%Drive alone
45%Walk

Share of the 20 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

How many miles Selz commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRugby: 23% · 35.2 miMinot: 15% · 69 miBalta: 8% · 22.2 miWilliston: 8% · 175 miFargo: 8% · 159 miPleasant Lake Township: 8% · 32.8 miWhitteron Township: 8% · 72.8 miButte Valley Township: 8% · 26.6 miRugby 23%Minot 15%Balta 8%Williston 8%Fargo 8%Selz
SelzTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
8%10–24 mi1 residents
38%25–50 mi5 residents
54%Over 50 mi7 residents

About 54% 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.

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 Selz: questions

What is the poverty rate in Selz?

33.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Selz work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rugby (23%, 35 mi), Minot (15%, 69 mi), Balta (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Selz 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 Selz, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Selz

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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.