How Enger Township works: jobs, income and commuting
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (North Dakota 8%). Hardly any work in Enger Township itself; outside it, Finley draws the most (21%, 15 miles). Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Enger Township
On a workday 14 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).
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 Enger Township’s working residents head each day
Where Enger Township clocks in
21% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
A place that makes things: 75% of Enger Township’s jobs are in goods
12 jobs are based in Enger Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Enger Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of North Dakota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enger Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 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.
Where in the region Enger Township works
About 21% 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 Enger Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Enger Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enger Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $171,250 |
| Viking Township | under 8% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Newburgh Township | under 8% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Primrose Township | under 8% | — | — | — | — |
| Golden Lake Township | under 8% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Viking Township, Newburgh Township, Primrose Township and Golden Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Enger 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 Enger Township: questions
What is the median household income in Enger Township?
$171,250 (±$96,353) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enger Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enger Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enger Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Finley (21%, 15 mi), Decatur (7%, 776 mi), Cooperstown (7%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Enger 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 Enger Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enger 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.