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Jobs & commute in Roome Township

Roome Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

For 8% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%. There are 14 jobs in Roome Township for 88 working residents. Hardly any work in Roome Township; the top destination outside it is Crookston (34%, 10 miles).

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

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Roome Township

On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.

88live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
14work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night170
Workday91
170live here− 88head out to work+ 14come in to work= 91on a workday

About 91 people are in Roome Township on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.16jobs 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 Roome Township goes to work

Fisher: 5 residents work here (6%)Climax: 2 residents work here (2%)Fertile: 2 residents work here (2%)Crookston: 30 residents work here (34%)Thief River Falls: 2 residents work here (2%)East Grand Forks: 4 residents work here (5%)Medina: 2 residents work here (2%)Minneapolis: 2 residents work here (2%)West Fargo: 2 residents work here (2%)Grand Forks: 18 residents work here (20%)Andover TownshipBelgium TownshipTynsid TownshipCrookston TownshipNorthland TownshipIsland Lake TownshipFisher TownshipKertsonville TownshipRoome TownshipCrookstonGrand ForksFisherEast Grand ForksClimaxFertileRoome Township
1
Crookston10 mi away
34%30
2
Grand Forks, ND19.2 mi away
20%18
3
Fisher5.7 mi away
6%5
4
East Grand Forks17.6 mi away
5%4
5
Climax7.4 mi away
2%2
6
Fertile27.5 mi away
2%2
7
Thief River Falls39.8 mi away
2%2
8
Medina241 mi away
2%2
9
Minneapolis254.2 mi away
2%2
10
West Fargo, ND59.5 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%19
The top trips

Where Roome 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

100% of the jobs in Roome Township make or build things

Jobs based in Roome TownshipJobs Roome Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%26%
Trade, transport & utilities0%14%
Services: health, schools, offices0%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%20%
Over $3,333 a month43%66%

Who does it

29 or younger36%26%
30 to 5443%49%
55 and older21%25%
+27%

Jobs based in Roome Township, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 14. 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 Roome Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Roome Township takes about 13 minutes

A year of commuting
101 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Roome Township13 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

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

About 1 in 10
How Roome Township gets to work
91%Drive alone
6%Carpool
3%Walk

Share of the 70 commuters (the 8% 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

How far it is to work from Roome Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCrookston: 34% · 10 miGrand Forks: 20% · 19.2 miFisher: 6% · 5.7 miEast Grand Forks: 5% · 17.6 miClimax: 2% · 7.4 miFertile: 2% · 27.5 miThief River Falls: 2% · 39.8 miMedina: 2% · 241 miMinneapolis: 2% · 254.2 miWest Fargo: 2% · 59.5 miCrookston 34%Grand Forks 20%Fisher 6%East Grand Forks 5%Climax 2%Roome Township
Roome TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi23 residents
52%10–24 mi46 residents
6%25–50 mi5 residents
16%Over 50 mi14 residents

About 16% 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

The towns around Roome Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Roome Township13 min
Andover Township15 min
Fisher Township20 min
Tynsid Township32 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownRoome Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Roome Township–——13 min$59,063
Tynsid Townshipunder 3%——32 min—
Andover Townshipunder 3%——15 min—
Fisher Townshipunder 3%——20 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Tynsid Township, Andover Township and Fisher Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Roome 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.
  • Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 11% of Roome Township workers work outside Minnesota. The job records count 23% 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Roome Township: questions

What is the median household income in Roome Township?

$59,063 (±$12,585) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Roome Township?

3.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Roome Township?

13 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Roome Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crookston (34%, 10 mi), Grand Forks (20%, 19 mi), Fisher (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Roome Township

Roome 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.