Nordick Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Nordick Township itself; outside it, Breckenridge draws the most (31%, 10 miles). 9 jobs are based in Nordick Township, and 36 of its residents work somewhere. 3% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Nordick Township by day and by night
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in Nordick Township 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 Nordick Township goes to work
Where Nordick Township clocks in
17% of workers
11% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Nordick Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nordick Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 9. 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 Nordick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Nordick Township, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nordick Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 commuters (the 3% 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 Nordick Township goes to work
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.
Nordick Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nordick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordick Township | – | — | — | 36 min | $105,962 |
| McCauleyville Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Meadows Township | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Connelly Township | under 3% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Mitchell Township | under 3% | — | — | 47 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McCauleyville Township, Meadows Township, Connelly Township and Mitchell Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nordick 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 Nordick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Nordick Township?
$105,962 (±$652) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nordick Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nordick Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nordick Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Breckenridge (31%, 10 mi), Fergus Falls (17%, 26 mi), Wahpeton (11%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nordick 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 Nordick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nordick 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.