A job hub: Blooming Prairie Township has 9.2 jobs per working resident, and 83 people come in to work
Hardly any work in Blooming Prairie Township itself; outside it, Crosby draws the most (44%, 5 miles). Blooming Prairie Township has 83 jobs, against 9 working residents. 0% of workers work from home; North Dakota has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Blooming Prairie Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 9 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 130 people are in Blooming Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 142% more 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 Blooming Prairie Township’s workforce comes from
Where Blooming Prairie Township clocks in
44% of workers
11% 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.
67% of the jobs in Blooming Prairie Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blooming Prairie Township, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 83. 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 Blooming Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Blooming Prairie Township
of Blooming Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Blooming Prairie Township
About 33% 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 is work for 11% of Blooming Prairie Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blooming Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blooming Prairie Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Troy Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| Ambrose Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| Fillmore Township | 11% | — | — | — | — |
| Twin Butte Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Troy Township, Ambrose Township, Fillmore Township and Twin Butte Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fillmore Township. Darker towns draw more of Blooming Prairie 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 Blooming Prairie Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Blooming Prairie Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Blooming Prairie Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crosby (44%, 5 mi), Portal (11%, 39 mi), Williston (11%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blooming Prairie 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 Blooming Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blooming Prairie 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.