There are 3.6 jobs in Dale Township for every working resident, and 25 people commute in
Hardly any work in Dale Township; the top destination outside it is Short Creek Township (29%, 13 miles). Employers in Dale Township report 25 jobs for 7 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; North Dakota has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Dale Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 7 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 49 people are in Dale Township on a workday afternoon, 58% more than live here.
3.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 the people who work in Dale Township live
Where Dale Township clocks in
14% of workers
14% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Dale Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dale Township, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 25. 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 Dale Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Dale Township
of Dale 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.
Dale Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 43% 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.
Around Dale Township: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dale Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Clayton Township | under 15% | — | — | — | — |
| Vale Township | under 15% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Soo Township | under 15% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clayton Township, Vale Township and Soo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dale 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Dale Township workers work outside North Dakota. The job records count 14% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dale Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dale Township?
50.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dale Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Short Creek Township (29%, 13 mi), Kerman (14%, 1218 mi), Powers Lake (14%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dale 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 Dale Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dale 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.