Fay Township draws 28 commuters a day, with 2.3 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers work from home, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. 28 jobs are based in Fay Township, against 12 working residents. Hardly any work in Fay Township; the top destination outside it is Powers Lake (17%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Fay Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 12 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 36 people are in Fay Township on a workday afternoon, 80% 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.
Where the people who work in Fay Township live
Where Fay Township clocks in
17% of workers
8% 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.
93% of the jobs in Fay Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fay Township, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 28. 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 Fay Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fay Township
of Fay Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 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 it is to work from Fay Township
About 67% 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.
How Fay Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fay Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fay Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Leaf Mountain Township | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
| Keller Township | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
| Short Creek Township | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
| Vale Township | 8% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leaf Mountain Township, Keller Township, Short Creek Township and Vale Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Vale Township. Darker towns draw more of Fay 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Fay Township workers work outside North Dakota. The job records count 16% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fay Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fay Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fay Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Powers Lake (17%, 20 mi), Minot (17%, 79 mi), Clearbrook (8%, 345 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fay 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 Fay Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fay 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.