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Jobs & commute in Equality Township

For about two in five of its working residents, Equality Township is a commute to Williston

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (North Dakota 8%). Hardly any work in Equality Township itself; outside it, Williston draws the most (42%, 25 miles). There are 54 jobs in Equality Township for 43 working residents.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Equality Township by day and by night

On a workday 43 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.

43live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
54work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night66
Workday77
66live here− 43head out to work+ 54come in to work= 77on a workday

About 77 people are in Equality Township on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.26jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 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.

The commute map

Out of Equality Township to work: where people go

HaydenDuluthSidneyHettingerBottineauRay: 2 residents work here (5%)BeulahTioga: 1 residents work here (2%)Watford City: 1 residents work here (2%)Mandan: 1 residents work here (2%)Williston: 18 residents work here (42%)Minot: 5 residents work here (12%)Fargo: 2 residents work here (5%)Box Elder: 1 residents work here (2%)Equality TownshipJudson Township: 3 residents work here (7%)West Bank TownshipWheelock TownshipView TownshipStony Creek TownshipPherrin Township: 2 residents work here (5%)WillistonMinotJudson TownshipRayFargoPherrin TownshipEquality Township
1
Williston25.3 mi away
42%18
2
Minot86 mi away
12%5
3
Judson Township32.3 mi away
7%3
4
Ray1.3 mi away
5%2
5
Fargo311.1 mi away
5%2
65%2
7
Tioga10.1 mi away
2%1
8
Watford City37 mi away
2%1
9
Mandan147.8 mi away
2%1
10
Box Elder, SD291.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
16%7
The top trips

Where Equality 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

85% of the jobs in Equality Township pay over $3,333 a month

Jobs based in Equality TownshipJobs Equality Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms20%30%
Trade, transport & utilities39%26%
Services: health, schools, offices41%44%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less4%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month11%16%
Over $3,333 a month85%72%

Who does it

29 or younger17%19%
30 to 5472%60%
55 and older11%21%
−56%

Jobs based in Equality Township, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 54. 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 Equality Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Equality Township

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 3 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

How far Equality Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWilliston: 42% · 25.3 miMinot: 12% · 86 miJudson Township: 7% · 32.3 miRay: 5% · 1.3 miFargo: 5% · 311.1 miPherrin Township: 5% · 18 miTioga: 2% · 10.1 miWatford City: 2% · 37 miMandan: 2% · 147.8 miBox Elder: 2% · 291.7 miWilliston 42%Minot 12%Judson Township 7%Ray 5%Fargo 5%Equality Township
Equality TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
12%Under 10 mi5 residents
33%10–24 mi14 residents
28%25–50 mi12 residents
28%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 28% 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

Work in the towns next to Equality Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownEquality Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Equality Township–————
West Bank Townshipunder 3%————
Wheelock Townshipunder 3%——15 min—
View Townshipunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. West Bank Township, Wheelock Township and View Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Equality 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 Equality Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Equality Township?

15.8%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Equality Township work?

0% work in town.

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Equality Township

Equality 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.