A job hub: Elm Tree Township has 2.0 jobs per working resident, and 66 people come in to work
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%. 66 jobs are based in Elm Tree Township for 33 working residents. Hardly any work in Elm Tree Township itself; outside it, Watford City draws the most (33%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Elm Tree Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 33 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 110 people are in Elm Tree Township on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Who travels to work in Elm Tree Township, and from where
Where Elm Tree Township clocks in
6% of workers
3% 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.
Elm Tree Township works in goods: 65% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elm Tree Township, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 66. 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 Elm Tree Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Elm Tree Township
of Elm Tree Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 99 commuters (the 4% 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.
Miles to work from Elm Tree Township
About 18% 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.
Elm Tree Township and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elm Tree Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Tree Township | – | — | — | — | $18,947 |
| Dry Fork Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Riverview Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Keene Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dry Fork Township, Riverview Township and Keene Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elm Tree 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 Elm Tree Township: questions
What is the median household income in Elm Tree Township?
$18,947 (±$881) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elm Tree Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Elm Tree Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watford City (33%, 26 mi), Dickinson (6%, 83 mi), Sidney (3%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Elm Tree 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 Elm Tree Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elm Tree 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.