Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0About half of Buchanan Township’s working residents commute to Jamestown
Hardly any stay in Buchanan Township for work; outside it, Jamestown is the main destination (49%, 9 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home (North Dakota 8%). A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Buchanan Township by day and by night
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 72 people are in Buchanan Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.44 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Buchanan Township’s working residents head each day
Where Buchanan Township clocks in
49% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
What Buchanan Township’s employers do
18 jobs are based in Buchanan Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Buchanan Township, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 18. 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 Buchanan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Buchanan Township: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Buchanan Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 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.
Half of Buchanan Township commutes less than 11 miles
About 41% 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.
Buchanan Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Buchanan Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchanan Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $145,000 |
| Fried Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Jim River Valley Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Hidden Township | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Buchanan | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Midway Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Eldridge Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fried Township, Jim River Valley Township, Hidden Township, Buchanan, Midway Township and Eldridge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Buchanan 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 Buchanan Township: questions
What is the median household income in Buchanan Township?
$145,000 (±$78,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Buchanan Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Buchanan Township?
21 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 Buchanan Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Buchanan 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 Buchanan Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Buchanan 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.