Ball Hill Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Ball Hill Township for work; outside it, Cooperstown is the main destination (30%, 6 miles). Employers in Ball Hill Township report 2 jobs for 30 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (North Dakota 8%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Ball Hill Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23 people are in Ball Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 55% 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.
Out of Ball Hill Township to work: where people go
Where Ball Hill Township clocks in
30% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Ball Hill Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ball Hill Township, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 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 Ball Hill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 7 minutes each way for Ball Hill Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ball Hill Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Ball Hill Township, by distance
About 37% 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.
Ball Hill Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ball Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Hill Township | – | — | — | 7 min | $250,000+ |
| Helena Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Cooperstown Township | under 4% | — | — | 9 min | — |
| Greenfield Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Sverdrup Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Helena Township, Cooperstown Township, Greenfield Township and Sverdrup Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ball Hill 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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ball Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ball Hill Township?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ball Hill Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ball Hill Township?
7 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ball Hill Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cooperstown (30%, 6 mi), Fargo (13%, 72 mi), Jamestown (10%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ball Hill 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 Ball Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ball Hill 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.