Photo: Psotoid at English Wikipedia · Public domainWork and commuting in Stanton
Working from home is the commute for 22% of workers; North Dakota has 8%. Only 5% stay in Stanton for work; outside it, Beulah is the main destination (10%, 19 miles). The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average; North Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stanton fills up on a workday
On a workday 113 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Stanton on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).
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 Stanton’s working residents head each day
Where Stanton clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
46% of the jobs in Stanton make or build things
175 jobs are based in Stanton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanton, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 175. 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 Stanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Stanton spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanton workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 166 commuters (the 22% 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.
The distance from Stanton to work
About 25% 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 Stanton: questions
What is the median household income in Stanton?
$68,750 (±$21,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanton?
3.8%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanton?
28 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beulah (10%, 19 mi), Bismarck (9%, 45 mi), Hazen (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stanton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanton
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.