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Jobs & commute in Boone Township

Boone Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Employers in Boone Township report 2 jobs for 8 working residents. Hardly any stay in Boone Township for work; outside it, McClusky is the main destination (13%, 17 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%.

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

Day and night

How many people are in Boone Township by day

On a workday 8 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

8live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night16
Workday10
16live here− 8head out to work+ 2come in to work= 10on a workday

About 10 people are in Boone Township on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.25jobs 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 Boone Township goes to work

McClusky: 1 residents work here (13%)Harvey: 1 residents work here (13%)Carrington: 1 residents work here (13%)Rosenfield TownshipCando Township: 1 residents work here (13%)Sperry/Goodrich TownshipCrystal Lake TownshipCarrington Township: 1 residents work here (13%)Boone TownshipEdgemont Township: 1 residents work here (13%)Fairview TownshipBloom Township: 1 residents work here (13%)McCluskyHarveyCarringtonCando TownshipCarrington TownshipEdgemont TownshipBoone Township
1
McClusky16.7 mi away
13%1
2
Harvey17.9 mi away
13%1
3
Carrington45.5 mi away
13%1
4
Cando Township79.5 mi away
13%1
513%1
6
Edgemont Township26.9 mi away
13%1
7
Bloom Township80.8 mi away
13%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%1
The top trips

Where Boone 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

In Boone Township, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming

Jobs based in Boone TownshipJobs Boone Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%13%
Services: health, schools, offices0%88%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%38%
Over $3,333 a month50%63%

Who does it

29 or younger0%0%
30 to 54100%38%
55 and older0%63%

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 Boone Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Boone Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Boone Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 14 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Boone Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMcClusky: 13% · 16.7 miHarvey: 13% · 17.9 miCarrington: 13% · 45.5 miCando Township: 13% · 79.5 miCarrington Township: 13% · 48 miEdgemont Township: 13% · 26.9 miBloom Township: 13% · 80.8 miMcClusky 13%Harvey 13%Cando Township 13%Boone Township
Boone TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
38%10–24 mi3 residents
38%25–50 mi3 residents
25%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 25% 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

The towns around Boone Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownBoone Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Boone Township–————
Sperry/Goodrich Townshipunder 13%————
Fairview Townshipunder 13%————
Crystal Lake Townshipunder 13%————

Same-state neighbors only. Sperry/Goodrich Township, Fairview Township and Crystal Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Boone 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 Boone Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Boone Township?

28.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Boone Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McClusky (13%, 17 mi), Harvey (13%, 18 mi), Carrington (13%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Boone Township

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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.