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Jobs & commute in Beaulieu Township

A job hub: Beaulieu Township has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 104 people come in to work

Home is the office for 26% of workers (North Dakota 8%). 104 jobs are based in Beaulieu Township; 50 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Beaulieu Township itself; outside it, Cavalier draws the most (30%, 13 miles).

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

Day and night

Who commutes out of Beaulieu Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 50 residents head out to work and none work right here.

50live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
104work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night160
Workday220
160live here− 50head out to work+ 100come in to work= 220on a workday

About 220 people are in Beaulieu Township on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
2.08jobs 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 Beaulieu Township’s workforce comes from

East Grand ForksDetroit LakesNecheEdinburg: 2 workers live here (2%)DraytonCavalier: 17 workers live here (16%)Walhalla: 2 workers live here (2%)Langdon: 8 workers live here (8%)Park River: 5 workers live here (5%)Grafton: 2 workers live here (2%)Grand Forks: 12 workers live here (12%)Fargo: 3 workers live here (3%)Thingvalla TownshipSouth Olga TownshipBeaulieu TownshipCavalier Township: 12 workers live here (12%)La Moure TownshipAkra Township: 7 workers live here (7%)Advance TownshipEast Alma TownshipCavalierGrand ForksCavalier TownshipLangdonAkra TownshipPark RiverBeaulieu Township
1
Cavalier12.6 mi away
16%17
2
Grand Forks68.5 mi away
12%12
3
Cavalier Township12.4 mi away
12%12
4
Langdon22 mi away
8%8
5
Akra Township6 mi away
7%7
6
Park River26 mi away
5%5
7
Fargo139.6 mi away
3%3
8
Edinburg17.9 mi away
2%2
9
Walhalla11.6 mi away
2%2
10
Grafton32.4 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%34
The top trips

Where Beaulieu 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

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Beaulieu Township

Jobs based in Beaulieu TownshipJobs Beaulieu Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms13%16%
Trade, transport & utilities0%24%
Services: health, schools, offices87%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less9%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month7%14%
Over $3,333 a month85%74%

Who does it

29 or younger21%22%
30 to 5459%50%
55 and older20%28%
+96%

Jobs based in Beaulieu Township, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 104. 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 Beaulieu Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Beaulieu Township: about 13 minutes

A year of commuting
100 hours

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

Average commute minutes, one way

Beaulieu Township13 min
North Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
26%

of Beaulieu Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
How Beaulieu Township gets to work
83%Drive alone
17%Carpool

Share of the 78 commuters (the 26% 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.

How far

How many miles Beaulieu Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCavalier: 30% · 12.6 miGrand Forks: 8% · 68.5 miGrafton: 6% · 32.4 miFargo: 6% · 139.6 miNeche: 4% · 22.2 miDrayton: 4% · 35.2 miPark River: 4% · 26 miCavalier Township: 4% · 12.4 miEast Grand Forks: 2% · 69.9 miDetroit Lakes: 2% · 164.6 miCavalier 30%Grand Forks 8%Grafton 6%Fargo 6%Neche 4%Beaulieu Township
Beaulieu TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi5 residents
40%10–24 mi20 residents
16%25–50 mi8 residents
34%Over 50 mi17 residents

About 34% 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 Beaulieu Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownBeaulieu Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Beaulieu Township–——13 min—
Thingvalla Townshipunder 2%————
South Olga Townshipunder 2%————
La Moure Townshipunder 2%————
Akra Townshipunder 2%——13 min—
East Alma Townshipunder 2%————
Advance Townshipunder 2%——17 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Thingvalla Township, South Olga Township, La Moure Township, Akra Township, East Alma Township and Advance Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Beaulieu 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 Beaulieu Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Beaulieu Township?

18.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Beaulieu Township?

13 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Beaulieu Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cavalier (30%, 13 mi), Grand Forks (8%, 68 mi), Grafton (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Beaulieu Township

Beaulieu 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.