Acme Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Working from home is the commute for 46% of workers, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%. Acme Township has 2 jobs, against 4 working residents. Hardly any work in Acme Township itself; outside it, Elgin draws the most (25%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Acme Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 4 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18 people are in Acme Township on a workday afternoon, 10% 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 Acme Township goes to work
Where Acme Township clocks in
25% 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 jobs make up 100% of work in Acme Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Acme Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. 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 Acme Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Acme Township
of Acme Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 45% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Acme Township
About 50% 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.
Work in the towns next to Acme Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Acme Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Mott Township | under 25% | — | — | 7 min | — |
| Steiner Township | under 25% | — | — | — | — |
| St. Croix Township | under 25% | — | — | — | — |
| Campbell Township | under 25% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mott Township, Steiner Township, St. Croix Township and Campbell Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Acme 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 Acme Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Acme Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Acme Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elgin (25%, 25 mi), Napoleon (25%, 123 mi), Richardton (25%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Acme 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 Acme Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Acme 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.