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Jobs & commute in Cormant Township

Cormant Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

The trip to work takes 33 minutes on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26. Cormant Township has 6 jobs, and 98 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Cormant Township for work; outside it, Blackduck is the main destination (14%, 11 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who works in Cormant Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 98 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

98live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night200
Workday100
200live here− 98head out to work+ 6come in to work= 100on a workday

About 100 people are in Cormant Township on a workday afternoon, 47% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.06jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where people from Cormant Township work

GreenbushKelliher: 13 residents work here (13%)Blackduck: 14 residents work here (14%)Warroad: 2 residents work here (2%)Thief River Falls: 4 residents work here (4%)Bemidji: 9 residents work here (9%)Moorhead: 3 residents work here (3%)Grand Forks: 2 residents work here (2%)Fargo: 3 residents work here (3%)Cormant TownshipEckles Township: 3 residents work here (3%)Svea TownshipWoodrow TownshipShooks TownshipKelliher TownshipShotley TownshipNorthern Township: 2 residents work here (2%)Quiring TownshipLangor TownshipBlackduckKelliherBemidjiThief River FallsMoorheadFargoCormant Township
1
Blackduck11.2 mi away
14%14
2
Kelliher9 mi away
13%13
3
Bemidji30.5 mi away
9%9
44%4
5
Moorhead122.3 mi away
3%3
6
Fargo, ND125.6 mi away
3%3
7
Eckles Township29.7 mi away
3%3
8
Warroad78.1 mi away
2%2
9
Grand Forks, ND114.6 mi away
2%2
10
Northern Township26.1 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%43
The top trips

Where Cormant Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Services make up most of the work in Cormant Township

Jobs based in Cormant TownshipJobs Cormant Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%23%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices100%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%40%
Over $3,333 a month100%43%

Who does it

29 or younger0%29%
30 to 5467%44%
55 and older33%28%
+100%

Jobs based in Cormant Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 6. 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 Cormant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

A commute of about 33 minutes in Cormant Township

A year of commuting
249 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Cormant Township33 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
22%

of Cormant Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Cormant Township gets to work
76%Drive alone
5%Carpool
18%Walk

Share of the 38 commuters (the 22% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% 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

The commute from Cormant Township, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBlackduck: 14% · 11.2 miKelliher: 13% · 9 miBemidji: 9% · 30.5 miThief River Falls: 4% · 74 miMoorhead: 3% · 122.3 miFargo: 3% · 125.6 miEckles Township: 3% · 29.7 miWarroad: 2% · 78.1 miGrand Forks: 2% · 114.6 miNorthern Township: 2% · 26.1 miBlackduck 14%Kelliher 13%Bemidji 9%Thief River Falls 4%Cormant Township
Cormant TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
17%Under 10 mi17 residents
20%10–24 mi20 residents
24%25–50 mi24 residents
38%Over 50 mi37 residents

About 38% 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.

Next door

Around Cormant Township: the bordering towns

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Langor Township25 min
Quiring Township26 min
Cormant Township33 min
Shooks Township34 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownCormant Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Cormant Township–——33 min$90,313
Quiring Townshipunder 3%——26 min—
Woodrow Townshipunder 3%————
Langor Townshipunder 3%——25 min—
Shooks Townshipunder 3%——34 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Quiring Township, Woodrow Township, Langor Township and Shooks Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Cormant Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Cormant Township: questions

What is the median household income in Cormant Township?

$90,313 (±$13,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Cormant Township?

1.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Cormant Township?

33 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Cormant Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blackduck (14%, 11 mi), Kelliher (13%, 9 mi), Bemidji (9%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Cormant Township 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 Cormant Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Cormant Township

Cormant Township home →

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.