Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Work means Grand Forks for more than half of Emerado’s working residents
Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in Emerado itself; outside it, Grand Forks draws the most (53%, 13 miles). The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, where North Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Emerado
The places Emerado commutes to
Where Emerado clocks in
53% of workers
10% 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.
How many people are in Emerado by day
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Emerado on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.42 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.
Inside Emerado’s 86 jobs
86 jobs are based in Emerado.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emerado, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 86. 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 Emerado’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Emerado: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emerado workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 140 commuters (the 1% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Emerado
About 20% 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.
Emerado and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Emerado workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emerado | – | — | — | 20 min | $70,938 |
| Chester Township | under 1% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Oakville Township | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chester Township and Oakville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Emerado’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 Emerado: questions
What is the median household income in Emerado?
$70,938 (±$64,833) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emerado?
7.2%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emerado?
20 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emerado work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Forks (53%, 13 mi), Fargo (10%, 78 mi), Larimore (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Emerado without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Emerado, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emerado
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.