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Glenfield Community Center - Glenfield, North Dakota 10-14-2008Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Jobs & commute in Glenfield Township

Carrington draws about half of Glenfield Township’s working residents

Hardly any stay in Glenfield Township for work; outside it, Carrington is the main destination (47%, 27 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%. Commuters spend 16 minutes getting to work on average, next to 18 for North Dakota and 26 for the U.S.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Glenfield Township for work, and who comes in

On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

32live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night49
Workday17
49live here− 32head out to work+ 0come in to work= 17on a workday

About 17 people are in Glenfield Township on a workday afternoon, 65% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Glenfield Township work

Aneta: 1 residents work here (3%)Hillsboro: 1 residents work here (3%)McVille: 1 residents work here (3%)New Rockford: 2 residents work here (6%)Carrington: 15 residents work here (47%)Grafton: 1 residents work here (3%)Devils Lake: 1 residents work here (3%)Jamestown: 1 residents work here (3%)Bismarck: 1 residents work here (3%)Fargo: 5 residents work here (16%)Eastman TownshipKingsley TownshipGlenfield TownshipRolling Prairie TownshipMcHenry TownshipCarringtonFargoNew RockfordAnetaHillsboroMcVilleGlenfield Township
1
Carrington27.1 mi away
47%15
2
Fargo90.5 mi away
16%5
3
New Rockford31.5 mi away
6%2
4
Aneta30.6 mi away
3%1
5
Hillsboro69.6 mi away
3%1
6
McVille27.9 mi away
3%1
7
Grafton85 mi away
3%1
8
Devils Lake48.1 mi away
3%1
9
Jamestown38.3 mi away
3%1
10
Bismarck113.1 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
9%3
The top trips

Where Glenfield 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.

Time on the road

Each way, about 16 minutes from Glenfield Township

A year of commuting
120 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Glenfield Township16 min
North Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Glenfield Township gets to work
88%Drive alone
12%Carpool

Share of the 32 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

Half of Glenfield Township commutes less than 29 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCarrington: 47% · 27.1 miFargo: 16% · 90.5 miNew Rockford: 6% · 31.5 miAneta: 3% · 30.6 miHillsboro: 3% · 69.6 miMcVille: 3% · 27.9 miGrafton: 3% · 85 miDevils Lake: 3% · 48.1 miJamestown: 3% · 38.3 miBismarck: 3% · 113.1 miCarrington 47%Fargo 16%New Rockford 6%Aneta 3%Hillsboro 3%Glenfield Township
Glenfield TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
25%10–24 mi8 residents
50%25–50 mi16 residents
25%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 25% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Around Glenfield Township: the bordering towns

Jobs & commute next door

TownGlenfield Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Glenfield Township–——16 min—
Rolling Prairie Townshipunder 4%————
Kingsley Townshipunder 4%————
McHenry Townshipunder 4%——14 min—
Eastman Townshipunder 4%————

Same-state neighbors only. Rolling Prairie Township, Kingsley Township, McHenry Township and Eastman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Glenfield 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 2024, 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 Glenfield Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Glenfield Township?

0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Glenfield Township?

16 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 Glenfield Township work?

0% work in town.

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Glenfield Township

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.