Cormorant Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Measured by household income, Cormorant Township is ahead of 79% of U.S. towns. There are 170 jobs in Cormorant Township, against 589 working residents. Jobs and income earn Cormorant Township B−; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cormorant Township apart on work
Cormorant Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cormorant Township is Fargo, ND, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (115) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A lot of Cormorant Township workers cross into North Dakota
31% of Cormorant Township workers work outside Minnesota, most of them in North Dakota, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Cormorant Township is a place people come home to
There are 170 jobs based in Cormorant Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cormorant Township has about 990 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 589 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Cormorant Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Cormorant Township is better than 52% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Cormorant Township’s grade up ($102,813, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: Cormorant Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cormorant Township could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
How far Cormorant Township goes to work
About 22% 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.
20% of working residents work in Fargo
Where Cormorant Township clocks in
20% of workers
18% 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.
In and out of Cormorant Township on a workday
On a workday 574 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Cormorant Township on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Jobs in Cormorant Township: what the 170 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cormorant Township, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 170. 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 Cormorant Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Cormorant Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cormorant Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 379 commuters (the 14% 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.
In Cormorant Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cormorant Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cormorant Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 440 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Cormorant Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cormorant Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cormorant Township places 1,918th of 5,877 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 9 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,916 | Elk Rapids MI | 1,610 | $71K | 3.7% | 1.3% | 16% | B− |
| 1,917 | Concord Township IN | 1,410 | $65K | 7.3% | 8.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,918 | Cormorant Township MN | 1,405 | $103K | 6.9% | 0.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,919 | Glenwood Township MN | 1,192 | $87K | 5.6% | 0.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,920 | East Deer Township PA | 1,417 | $66K | 12.8% | 4.8% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cormorant Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Cormorant Township
The biggest share goes to Lake Park Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cormorant Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cormorant Township | – | B− | D− | 34 min | $102,813 |
| Lake Park Township | 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Scambler Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Parke Township | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Lake Eunice Township | under 2% | B− | B− | 25 min | $89,554 |
| Eglon Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lake Park Township, Scambler Township, Parke Township and Eglon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cormorant Township’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 Cormorant Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cormorant Township?
$102,813 (±$15,038) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cormorant Township?
6.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cormorant Township?
34 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cormorant Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (20%, 35 mi), Detroit Lakes (18%, 12 mi), Moorhead (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cormorant Township walkable?
Cormorant Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cormorant Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cormorant Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cormorant Township
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.