Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Dwight Township has 3.7 jobs for every working resident: 612 people commute in to work
Only 7% work in Dwight Township itself; outside it, Fargo draws the most (20%, 38 miles). Employers in Dwight Township report 623 jobs for 169 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Dwight Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 158 residents head out to work and 11 work right here.
About 790 people are in Dwight Township on a workday afternoon, 136% more 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 Dwight Township’s workers come from
Where Dwight Township clocks in
20% of workers
17% 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.
Dwight Township makes things: 93% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dwight Township, 2013 → 2023: 472 → 623. 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 Dwight Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Dwight Township spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dwight Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 160 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Dwight Township commutes
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 is work for 24% of Dwight Township
The biggest share goes to Wahpeton (17%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dwight Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $133,854 |
| Center Township | 7% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Abercrombie Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Wahpeton | 17% | C+ | A | 18 min | $62,750 |
| Ibsen Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Center Township, Abercrombie Township and Ibsen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dwight 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 Dwight Township: questions
What is the median household income in Dwight Township?
$133,854 (±$18,658) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dwight Township?
3.6%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dwight Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dwight Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (20%, 38 mi), Wahpeton (17%, 5 mi), Center Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dwight Township without a car?
9% 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 Dwight Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dwight 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.