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Jobs & commute in Canfield Township

About half of Canfield Township’s working residents commute to Bismarck

Hardly any work in Canfield Township; the top destination outside it is Bismarck (50%, 30 miles). For 50% of workers, the job is at home, against 8% across North Dakota. Canfield Township has 16 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.

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

Day and night

Canfield Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

16live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night13
Workday0
13live here− 16head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Canfield Township on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

The towns that employ Canfield Township’s residents

Wilton: 1 residents work here (6%)Wing: 1 residents work here (6%)Tioga: 1 residents work here (6%)Mandan: 1 residents work here (6%)Dickinson: 1 residents work here (6%)Bismarck: 8 residents work here (50%)Minot: 1 residents work here (6%)Richmond TownshipRock Hill TownshipSchrunk-Steiber TownshipEstherville TownshipCanfield TownshipCrofte Township: 1 residents work here (6%)Hay Creek Township: 1 residents work here (6%)BismarckWiltonWingTiogaMandanDickinsonCanfield Township
1
Bismarck30.5 mi away
50%8
2
Wilton18.1 mi away
6%1
3
Wing6.1 mi away
6%1
4
Tioga144.9 mi away
6%1
5
Mandan33.3 mi away
6%1
6
Dickinson114.6 mi away
6%1
7
Minot83.7 mi away
6%1
8
Crofte Township17 mi away
6%1
9
Hay Creek Township28.2 mi away
6%1
The top trips

Where Canfield 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Canfield Township

Working from home
50%

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

About 5 in 10
How Canfield Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 3 commuters (the 50% 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

Half of Canfield Township commutes less than 30 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBismarck: 50% · 30.5 miWilton: 6% · 18.1 miWing: 6% · 6.1 miTioga: 6% · 144.9 miMandan: 6% · 33.3 miDickinson: 6% · 114.6 miMinot: 6% · 83.7 miCrofte Township: 6% · 17 miHay Creek Township: 6% · 28.2 miBismarck 50%Wilton 6%Wing 6%Tioga 6%Mandan 6%Canfield Township
Canfield TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi1 residents
13%10–24 mi2 residents
63%25–50 mi10 residents
19%Over 50 mi3 residents

About 19% 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

Canfield Township and the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownCanfield Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Canfield Township–————
Rock Hill Townshipunder 7%————
Estherville Townshipunder 7%————
Richmond Townshipunder 7%——38 min—
Schrunk-Steiber Townshipunder 7%————

Same-state neighbors only. Rock Hill Township, Estherville Township, Richmond Township and Schrunk-Steiber Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Canfield 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 Canfield Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Canfield Township?

0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Canfield Township work?

0% work in town.

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Canfield Township

Canfield 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.