Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0White Earth has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
White Earth has 7 jobs for 40 working residents. Hardly any stay in White Earth for work; outside it, Stanley is the main destination (33%, 18 miles). 0% of workers work from home; North Dakota has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in White Earth by day
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 59 people are in White Earth on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where White Earth goes to work
Where White Earth clocks in
33% of workers
5% 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.
White Earth is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Earth, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 7. 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 White Earth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from White Earth: about 11 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Earth workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 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 White Earth
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.
How White Earth compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | White Earth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Earth | – | — | — | 11 min | $69,063 |
| White Earth Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Sorkness Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. White Earth Township and Sorkness Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of White Earth’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 White Earth: questions
What is the median household income in White Earth?
$69,063 (±$42,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Earth?
28.6%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Earth?
11 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 White Earth work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stanley (33%, 18 mi), Minot (8%, 69 mi), Bismarck (5%, 143 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around White Earth 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 White Earth, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Earth
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.