Work means Devils Lake for more than half of Creel Township’s working residents
Measured by household income, Creel Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. Creel Township grades B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 3% work in Creel Township itself; outside it, Devils Lake draws the most (53%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Creel Township at work: what stands out
More than half of Creel Township works in Devils Lake
309 working residents, 53%, have their main job in Devils Lake, 2 miles away across the town line. That’s 18 times as many as work in Creel Township itself. The commute map ↓
Creel Township is a place people come home to
There are 151 jobs based in Creel Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Creel Township has about 950 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Creel Township residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 586 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Creel Township: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Creel Township is better than 71% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Creel Township’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Creel Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Creel Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Commuting out of Creel Township: the destinations
Where Creel Township clocks in
53% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
How many people are in Creel Township by day
On a workday 569 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Creel Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.26 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Creel Township
About 33% 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 Creel Township’s employers do
151 jobs are based in Creel Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Creel Township, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 151. 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 Creel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Creel Township spends getting to work: about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Creel Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 765 commuters (the 4% 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.
Creel Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Creel Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.2% across North Dakota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 801 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Creel Township households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Creel Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Creel Township ranks 970th of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 112 | Reed Township ND | 1,151 | $131K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 214 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 419 | Sundre Township ND | 1,024 | $107K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 968 | Weeping Water NE | 1,061 | $84K | 6.0% | 8.8% | 2% | B+ |
| 969 | Highland Township IN | 1,441 | $94K | 1.5% | 0.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 970 | Creel Township ND | 1,388 | $114K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 971 | Seneca Township OH | 1,427 | $92K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 972 | Liberty WI | 1,253 | $88K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Creel Township, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
Creel Township and its neighbors: 54% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Creel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creel Township | – | B+ | C− | 11 min | $113,942 |
| Mission Township | 1% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Devils Lake | 53% | C− | A | 12 min | $43,220 |
| Poplar Grove Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| South Minnewaukan Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| North Creel Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mission Township, Poplar Grove Township, South Minnewaukan Township and North Creel Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Devils Lake. Darker towns draw more of Creel 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 Creel Township: questions
What is the median household income in Creel Township?
$113,942 (±$35,653) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Creel Township?
2.6%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Creel Township?
11 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Creel Township work?
3% work in town.
Is Creel Township walkable?
Creel Township is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Creel 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 Creel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Creel 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.