Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Streeter works elsewhere
32 jobs are based in Streeter; 66 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Streeter for work; outside it, Jamestown is the main destination (44%, 36 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Streeter on a workday afternoon
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Streeter on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
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 places Streeter commutes to
Where Streeter clocks in
44% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Streeter
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Streeter, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 32. 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 Streeter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Streeter
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Streeter workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 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.
Miles to work from Streeter
About 30% 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 Streeter: questions
What is the median household income in Streeter?
$42,778 (±$7,694) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Streeter?
12.2%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Streeter?
23 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Streeter work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (44%, 36 mi), Napoleon (6%, 22 mi), Fargo (6%, 120 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Streeter without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Streeter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Streeter
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.