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Jobs & commute in Ross Township

Ross Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Hardly any work in Ross Township; the top destination outside it is Roseau (35%, 8 miles). 7 jobs are based in Ross Township for 177 working residents. 5% of workers have no commute at all, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.

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

Day and night

Who leaves Ross Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 177 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.

177live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
7work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night460
Workday290
460live here− 180head out to work+ 7come in to work= 290on a workday

About 290 people are in Ross Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs 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 Ross Township goes to work

Badger: 21 residents work here (12%)Greenbush: 8 residents work here (5%)LancasterRoseau: 62 residents work here (35%)Warroad: 16 residents work here (9%)Crookston: 3 residents work here (2%)Thief River Falls: 6 residents work here (3%)Fargo: 3 residents work here (2%)Deer Township: 13 residents work here (7%)Stokes TownshipMoose TownshipLake TownshipEnstrom TownshipDieter TownshipHereim Township: 3 residents work here (2%)Jadis Township: 7 residents work here (4%)Ross TownshipRoseauBadgerWarroadDeer TownshipGreenbushJadis TownshipRoss Township
1
Roseau8.2 mi away
35%62
2
Badger6.1 mi away
12%21
3
Warroad28.4 mi away
9%16
4
Deer Township21.2 mi away
7%13
5
Greenbush15 mi away
5%8
6
Jadis Township6.3 mi away
4%7
73%6
8
Crookston80.2 mi away
2%3
9
Fargo, ND143.1 mi away
2%3
10
Hereim Township16.6 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
20%35
The top trips

Where Ross 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

In Ross Township, services account for most jobs

Jobs based in Ross TownshipJobs Ross Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%26%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices100%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month14%21%
Over $3,333 a month86%61%

Who does it

29 or younger14%20%
30 to 5486%50%
55 and older0%30%
+0%

Jobs based in Ross Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 7. 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 Ross Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 13 minutes each way for Ross Township’s commuters

A year of commuting
102 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Ross Township13 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

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

About 1 in 10
How Ross Township gets to work
97%Drive alone
3%Carpool

Share of the 191 commuters (the 5% 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 Ross Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRoseau: 35% · 8.2 miBadger: 12% · 6.1 miWarroad: 9% · 28.4 miDeer Township: 7% · 21.2 miGreenbush: 5% · 15 miJadis Township: 4% · 6.3 miThief River Falls: 3% · 52 miCrookston: 2% · 80.2 miFargo: 2% · 143.1 miHereim Township: 2% · 16.6 miRoseau 35%Badger 12%Warroad 9%Deer Township 7%Ross Township
Ross TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
47%Under 10 mi83 residents
20%10–24 mi36 residents
12%25–50 mi21 residents
21%Over 50 mi37 residents

About 21% 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

Next door to Ross Township

The biggest share goes to Jadis Township (4%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Ross Township13 min
Jadis Township14 min
Dieter Township17 min
Moose Township20 min
Stokes Township29 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownRoss Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Ross Township–——13 min$100,625
Stokes Townshipunder 2%——29 min—
Jadis Township4%——14 min—
Moose Townshipunder 2%——20 min—
Dieter Townshipunder 2%——17 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Stokes Township, Jadis Township, Moose Township and Dieter Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Ross 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 Ross Township: questions

What is the median household income in Ross Township?

$100,625 (±$16,557) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Ross Township?

9.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Ross Township?

13 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Ross Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roseau (35%, 8 mi), Badger (12%, 6 mi), Warroad (9%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Ross Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Ross Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Ross Township

Ross 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.