Bismarck

City Commute Profile

Bismarck, ND

Where Bismarck’s 38,229 resident workers go each day — 69.5% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Mandan.

North DakotaLODES 2023 data
88
Commute Score

88 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Bismarck at a glance
Employed Residents
38,229
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
5.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
69.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
7.6%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Mandan
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Bismarck proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Bismarck commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Bismarck

38,229 commutes, one dot at a time

Bismarck

Where 38,229 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Bismarck, by worker count.

1Bismarck0.0 mi26,557
2Mandan5.2 mi2,893
3Fargo187.7 mi1,213
4Minot100.5 mi683
5Grand Forks190.2 mi483
6Dickinson95.4 mi367
7Jamestown98.5 mi252
8Williston162.8 mi231

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Bismarck.

1Bismarck0.0 mi26,557
2Mandan5.2 mi6,566
3Lincoln5.4 mi1,694
4Fargo187.7 mi1,176
5Minot100.5 mi1,029
6Dickinson95.4 mi761
7Grand Forks190.2 mi514
8Jamestown98.5 mi404

Top industries

The sectors that employ Bismarck’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance22.9%
RTRetail Trade12.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.3%
PAPublic Administration8.4%
EDEducational Services7.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.6%
COConstruction5.4%
FIFinance and Insurance4.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.6%

Bismarck city profile

Who lives in Bismarck — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
75,556
Median age
38.9yrs
Median household income
$78,387
Median home value
$300,300
Median gross rent
$999/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
39.2%
Poverty rate
9.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Bismarck

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Bismarck

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).