How Coulee Township works: jobs, income and commuting
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 8% across North Dakota. Hardly any stay in Coulee Township for work; outside it, Devils Lake is the main destination (21%, 14 miles). Coulee Township has 18 jobs, against 19 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Coulee Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).
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 places Coulee Township commutes to
Where Coulee Township clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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 Coulee Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coulee Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 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 Coulee Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Coulee Township
of Coulee Township 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.
Miles to work from Coulee Township
About 56% 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.
Work in the towns next to Coulee Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coulee Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulee Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Dry Lake Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Chain Lakes Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Pelican Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Normania Township | under 6% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dry Lake Township, Chain Lakes Township, Pelican Township and Normania Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coulee 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 Coulee Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Coulee Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Coulee Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Devils Lake (21%, 14 mi), Bismarck (11%, 124 mi), Fargo (11%, 143 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coulee 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 Coulee Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coulee 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.