Edna Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Edna Township has 10 jobs, against 26 working residents. Hardly any work in Edna Township itself; outside it, Valley City draws the most (35%, 18 miles). Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average, next to 18 for North Dakota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Edna Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64 people are in Edna Township on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 people from Edna Township work
Where Edna Township clocks in
35% of workers
12% of workers
12% 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 Edna Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edna Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 10. 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 Edna Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Edna Township, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edna Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 10% 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.
The distance from Edna Township to work
About 27% 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 to Edna Township
The biggest share goes to Uxbridge Township (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edna Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edna Township | – | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Uxbridge Township | 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Anderson Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Town Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Rogers Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Uxbridge Township, Anderson Township, Lake Town Township and Rogers Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Edna 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 Edna Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Edna Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edna Township?
33 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edna Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Valley City (35%, 18 mi), Jamestown (12%, 24 mi), Fargo (12%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Edna 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 Edna Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edna 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.