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Jobs & commute in Durham Township

Jamestown draws more than half of Durham Township’s working residents

No jobs are based in Durham Township in the Census job records; 24 of its residents work elsewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 8% across North Dakota. Hardly any stay in Durham Township for work; outside it, Jamestown is the main destination (58%, 20 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Durham Township by day and by night

On a workday 24 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

24live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night46
Workday22
46live here− 24head out to work+ 0come in to work= 22on a workday

About 22 people are in Durham Township on a workday afternoon, 52% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Where people from Durham Township work

Wahpeton: 1 residents work here (4%)Jamestown: 14 residents work here (58%)Grand Forks: 1 residents work here (4%)Fargo: 2 residents work here (8%)Courtenay TownshipSpiritwood Township: 1 residents work here (4%)Lyon TownshipMidway Township: 1 residents work here (4%)Nogosek TownshipDurham TownshipDeer Lake Township: 1 residents work here (4%)Ashland TownshipFried Township: 2 residents work here (8%)Spiritwood: 1 residents work here (4%)JamestownFargoFried TownshipWahpetonGrand ForksSpiritwood TownshipDurham Township
1
Jamestown20.2 mi away
58%14
2
Fargo88.6 mi away
8%2
3
Fried Township12 mi away
8%2
4
Wahpeton115.6 mi away
4%1
5
Grand Forks88.3 mi away
4%1
64%1
7
Midway Township18.9 mi away
4%1
8
Deer Lake Township21.5 mi away
4%1
9
Spiritwood19.5 mi away
4%1
The top trips

Where Durham Township clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Durham Township

Working from home
0%

of Durham Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Durham Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 19 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.

How far

Miles to work from Durham Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miJamestown: 58% · 20.2 miFargo: 8% · 88.6 miFried Township: 8% · 12 miWahpeton: 4% · 115.6 miGrand Forks: 4% · 88.3 miSpiritwood Township: 4% · 19.3 miMidway Township: 4% · 18.9 miDeer Lake Township: 4% · 21.5 miSpiritwood: 4% · 19.5 miJamestown 58%Fargo 8%Fried Township 8%Wahpeton 4%Grand Forks 4%Durham Township
Durham TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
83%10–24 mi20 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
17%Over 50 mi4 residents

About 17% 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.

Next door

Durham Township and its neighbors

Jobs & commute next door

TownDurham Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Durham Township–————
Courtenay Townshipunder 5%————
Lyon Townshipunder 5%————
Nogosek Townshipunder 5%——28 min—
Ashland Townshipunder 5%————

Same-state neighbors only. Courtenay Township, Lyon Township, Nogosek Township and Ashland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Durham Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Durham Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Durham Township?

0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Durham Township work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Durham 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 Durham Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Durham Township

Durham Township home →

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.