A job hub: Blue Butte Township has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 100 people come in to work
100 jobs are based in Blue Butte Township, and 47 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Blue Butte Township; the top destination outside it is Watford City (26%, 16 miles). Home is the office for 54% of workers (North Dakota 8%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Blue Butte Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 47 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 140 people are in Blue Butte Township on a workday afternoon, 58% 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 Blue Butte Township’s workforce comes from
Where Blue Butte Township clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
93% of the jobs in Blue Butte Township pay over $3,333 a month
100 jobs are based in Blue Butte Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue Butte Township, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 100. 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 Blue Butte Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Blue Butte Township
of Blue Butte Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5 commuters (the 55% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Blue Butte Township
About 17% 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.
Blue Butte Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blue Butte Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Butte Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Keene Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Keene Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Blue Butte 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 Blue Butte Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Blue Butte Township?
7.2%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Blue Butte Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watford City (26%, 16 mi), Williston (9%, 38 mi), Bismarck (4%, 126 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blue Butte 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 Blue Butte Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue Butte 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.