Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0More than half of Springbrook’s working residents commute to Williston
Employers in Springbrook report 63 jobs; 17 of its residents have a job. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; North Dakota has 8%. Hardly any work in Springbrook; the top destination outside it is Williston (53%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Springbrook by day and by night
On a workday 17 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81 people are in Springbrook on a workday afternoon, 131% more than live here.
3.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Springbrook’s workers come from
Where Springbrook clocks in
53% of workers
12% 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.
In Springbrook, 94% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springbrook, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 63. 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 Springbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Springbrook
of Springbrook 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.
How far it is to work from Springbrook
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 Springbrook: questions
What is the poverty rate in Springbrook?
48.1%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Springbrook work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Springbrook 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 Springbrook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springbrook
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.