Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Wishek draws about two in five of Zeeland’s working residents
A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes; North Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%. Only 4% stay in Zeeland for work; outside it, Wishek is the main destination (42%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Zeeland, and who commutes in
On a workday 25 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 72 people are in Zeeland on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
Where people from Zeeland work
Where Zeeland clocks in
42% of workers
23% 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.
Zeeland is a services town
16 jobs are based in Zeeland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Zeeland, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 16. 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 Zeeland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Zeeland: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Zeeland workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 48 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.
Half of Zeeland commutes less than 24 miles
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 Zeeland: questions
What is the median household income in Zeeland?
$33,750 (±$32,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Zeeland?
29.2%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Zeeland?
20 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 Zeeland work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around Zeeland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Zeeland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Zeeland
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.