Grail Township has 3.6 jobs for every working resident: 100 people commute in to work
Grail Township has 100 jobs, against 28 working residents. Hardly any work in Grail Township; the top destination outside it is Watford City (36%, 20 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 8% across North Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Grail Township
On a workday 28 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 130 people are in Grail Township on a workday afternoon, 131% 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.
The towns that send workers to Grail Township
Where Grail Township clocks in
4% 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.
97% of the jobs in Grail Township pay over $3,333 a month
100 jobs are based in Grail Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grail Township, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 100. 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 Grail Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Grail Township
of Grail Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 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.
The distance from Grail Township to work
About 18% 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.
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 Grail Township: questions
What is the median household income in Grail Township?
$155,213 (±$89,615) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grail Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Grail Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Watford City (36%, 20 mi), Roseville (4%, 500 mi), Killdeer (4%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grail 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 Grail Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grail 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.