Most of Dodds Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Dodds Township has 4 jobs; 11 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Dodds Township; the top destination outside it is Lakota (18%, 4 miles). For 17% of workers, the job is at home, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Dodds Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 11 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 30 people are in Dodds Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 Dodds Township’s working residents head each day
Where Dodds Township clocks in
18% of workers
18% of workers
18% 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.
Dodds Township makes things: 75% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dodds Township, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 4. 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 Dodds Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 14 minutes to work from Dodds Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dodds Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30 commuters (the 17% 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 Dodds Township works
About 64% 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 Dodds Township: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dodds Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodds Township | – | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Illinois Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| Williams Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| Lakota Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| Wamduska Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Illinois Township, Williams Township, Lakota Township and Wamduska Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dodds 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 Dodds Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dodds Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dodds Township?
14 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dodds Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lakota (18%, 4 mi), Devils Lake (18%, 27 mi), Grand Forks (18%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dodds 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 Dodds Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dodds 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.