Most of Deer Lake Township commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
5 jobs are based in Deer Lake Township, and 10 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Deer Lake Township itself; outside it, Jamestown draws the most (30%, 19 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Deer Lake Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31 people are in Deer Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer 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.
Where Deer Lake Township’s working residents head each day
Where Deer Lake Township clocks in
30% of workers
10% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Deer Lake Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deer Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. 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 Deer Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Deer Lake Township
of Deer Lake Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 15 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.
Where in the region Deer Lake Township works
About 40% 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.
The towns around Deer Lake Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deer Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Lake Township | – | — | — | — | $120,750 |
| Hidden Township | under 10% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Round Top Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| Valley Spring Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| Windsor Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hidden Township, Round Top Township, Valley Spring Township and Windsor Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deer Lake 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 Deer Lake Township workers work outside North Dakota. The job records count 20% 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 Deer Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Deer Lake Township?
$120,750 (±$74,491) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deer Lake Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Deer Lake Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (30%, 19 mi), Wheaton (10%, 148 mi), Binford (10%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Deer Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deer Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deer Lake 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.