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Jobs & commute in Egg Creek Township

Most of Egg Creek Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

4 jobs are based in Egg Creek Township for 26 working residents. Hardly any work in Egg Creek Township; the top destination outside it is Minot (19%, 22 miles). For 0% 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

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Egg Creek Township

On a workday 26 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

26live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night75
Workday53
75live here− 26head out to work+ 4come in to work= 53on a workday

About 53 people are in Egg Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.15jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

The towns that employ Egg Creek Township’s residents

Westhope: 1 residents work here (4%)Upham: 1 residents work here (4%)Towner: 2 residents work here (8%)Berthold: 1 residents work here (4%)Bismarck: 3 residents work here (12%)Minot: 5 residents work here (19%)Fargo: 2 residents work here (8%)Saline TownshipRiga TownshipDenbigh Township: 2 residents work here (8%)Kottke Valley TownshipGilmore TownshipMeadow Township: 2 residents work here (8%)Granville TownshipAfton Township: 2 residents work here (8%)Egg Creek TownshipMinotBismarckTownerFargoDenbigh TownshipMeadow TownshipEgg Creek Township
1
Minot22.5 mi away
19%5
2
Bismarck105 mi away
12%3
3
Towner18.6 mi away
8%2
4
Fargo211.4 mi away
8%2
5
Denbigh Township12.4 mi away
8%2
6
Meadow Township18.5 mi away
8%2
7
Afton Township27.2 mi away
8%2
8
Westhope41 mi away
4%1
9
Upham17.5 mi away
4%1
10
Berthold43.6 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%5
The top trips

Where Egg Creek 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.

The jobs

Egg Creek Township is a services town

Jobs based in Egg Creek TownshipJobs Egg Creek Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%31%
Trade, transport & utilities0%31%
Services: health, schools, offices100%38%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%19%
Over $3,333 a month50%69%

Who does it

29 or younger0%19%
30 to 5475%58%
55 and older25%23%
+33%

Jobs based in Egg Creek Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 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 Egg Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Egg Creek Township

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 25 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 Egg Creek Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMinot: 19% · 22.5 miBismarck: 12% · 105 miTowner: 8% · 18.6 miFargo: 8% · 211.4 miDenbigh Township: 8% · 12.4 miMeadow Township: 8% · 18.5 miAfton Township: 8% · 27.2 miWesthope: 4% · 41 miUpham: 4% · 17.5 miBerthold: 4% · 43.6 miMinot 19%Bismarck 12%Towner 8%Fargo 8%Denbigh Township 8%Egg Creek Township
Egg Creek TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
58%10–24 mi15 residents
15%25–50 mi4 residents
27%Over 50 mi7 residents

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

The towns around Egg Creek Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownEgg Creek Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Egg Creek Township–———$71,875
Kottke Valley Townshipunder 4%————
Granville Townshipunder 4%————
Riga Townshipunder 4%——47 min—
Saline Townshipunder 4%————
Gilmore Townshipunder 4%————

Same-state neighbors only. Kottke Valley Township, Granville Township, Riga Township, Saline Township and Gilmore Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Egg Creek 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 Egg Creek Township: questions

What is the median household income in Egg Creek Township?

$71,875 (±$69,531) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Egg Creek Township?

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

Where do people who live in Egg Creek Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minot (19%, 22 mi), Bismarck (12%, 105 mi), Towner (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Egg Creek Township

Egg Creek 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.