Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Des Lacs Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers (North Dakota 8%). Des Lacs Township has 8 jobs, against 50 working residents. Hardly any work in Des Lacs Township itself; outside it, Minot draws the most (36%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Des Lacs Township
On a workday 50 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Des Lacs Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Commuting out of Des Lacs Township: the destinations
Where Des Lacs Township clocks in
8% 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.
100% of the jobs in Des Lacs Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Des Lacs Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 8. 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 Des Lacs Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Des Lacs Township
of Des Lacs Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Des Lacs Township
About 36% 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 Des Lacs Township: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Des Lacs Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Des Lacs Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Mandan Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Burlington Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Foxholm Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Rolling Green Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mandan Township, Burlington Township, Foxholm Township and Rolling Green Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Des Lacs 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 Des Lacs Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Des Lacs Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Des Lacs Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minot (36%, 15 mi), Bismarck (8%, 105 mi), Harrison Township (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Des Lacs 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 Des Lacs Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Des Lacs 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.