Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0A job hub: Churchs Ferry has 3.8 jobs per working resident, and 15 people come in to work
Hardly any work in Churchs Ferry itself; outside it, Fargo draws the most (25%, 147 miles). There are 15 jobs in Churchs Ferry for 4 working residents. 0% of workers work from home, against 8% across North Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Churchs Ferry on a workday
On a workday 4 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 15 people are in Churchs Ferry on a workday afternoon, 275% 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.
The daily trip into Churchs Ferry
Where Churchs Ferry clocks in
25% 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 Churchs Ferry’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Churchs Ferry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Churchs Ferry
of Churchs Ferry workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 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 many miles Churchs Ferry commutes
About 67% 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.
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 Churchs Ferry: questions
What is the poverty rate in Churchs Ferry?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Churchs Ferry work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (25%, 147 mi), Poplar Grove Township (25%, 16 mi), Michigan Township (25%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Churchs Ferry 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 Churchs Ferry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Churchs Ferry
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.