Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Where Grafton Township earns its living
Home is the office for 17% of workers; North Dakota has 8%. Commuters spend 19 minutes getting to work on average; the North Dakota average is 18, the U.S. 26. Employers in Grafton Township report 124 jobs for 116 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Grafton Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 119 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 (1.07 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
33% of working residents work in Grafton
Where Grafton Township clocks in
33% of workers
11% 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.
72% of the jobs in Grafton Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grafton Township, 2014 → 2024: 141 → 124. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grafton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Grafton Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grafton Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 commuters (the 17% 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.
The commute from Grafton Township, by distance
About 24% 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.
The towns next door employ 33% of Grafton Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grafton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grafton Township | – | — | — | 19 min | $81,000 |
| Grafton | 33% | C+ | B+ | 16 min | $62,679 |
| Farmington Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Oakwood Township | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Fertile Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Farmington Township, Oakwood Township and Fertile Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Grafton. Darker towns draw more of Grafton 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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Grafton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grafton Township?
$81,000 (±$15,587) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grafton Township?
17.8%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grafton Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grafton Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grafton (33%, 3 mi), Grand Forks (11%, 38 mi), Fargo (7%, 111 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Grafton Township without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grafton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grafton Township
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.