With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Parke Township works elsewhere
For 26% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%. 37 jobs are based in Parke Township, against 241 working residents. Hardly any work in Parke Township; the top destination outside it is Fargo (37%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Parke Township: the figures worth knowing
Parke Township is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Parke Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Parke Township has about 330 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
37% of Parke Township works in Fargo
88 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Fargo, ND, 29 miles away. That’s 37 times as many as work in Parke Township itself. The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Parke Township’s 28-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 31 to 34 minutes. Next door ↓
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 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Parke Township
On a workday 239 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Parke Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Commuting out of Parke Township: the destinations
Where Parke Township clocks in
37% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Parke Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parke Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 37. 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 Parke Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Parke Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parke Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 178 commuters (the 26% 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.
The commute from Parke Township, by distance
About 17% 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.
How Parke Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Parke Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parke Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $101,250 |
| Eglon Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Cormorant Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 34 min | $102,813 |
| Skree Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Tansem Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lake Park Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eglon Township, Skree Township, Tansem Township and Lake Park Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Parke 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 22% of Parke Township workers work outside Minnesota. The job records count 41% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Parke Township: questions
What is the median household income in Parke Township?
$101,250 (±$10,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parke Township?
0.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parke Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parke Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (37%, 29 mi), Barnesville (12%, 12 mi), Moorhead (9%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Parke 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 Parke Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parke 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.