Grand Prairie Township draws 42 commuters a day, with 1.8 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Grand Prairie Township; the top destination outside it is Valley City (26%, 14 miles). Employers in Grand Prairie Township report 42 jobs for 23 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Grand Prairie Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 23 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 68 people are in Grand Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Grand Prairie Township
Where Grand Prairie Township clocks in
26% of workers
9% 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 Grand Prairie Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grand Prairie Township, 2014 → 2024: 34 → 42. 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 Grand Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Grand Prairie Township
of Grand Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 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.
Grand Prairie Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 43% 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.
Grand Prairie Township and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grand Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Prairie Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Ashtabula Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Minnie Lake Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Baldwin Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Noltimier Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ashtabula Township, Minnie Lake Township, Baldwin Township and Noltimier Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Grand Prairie Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Grand Prairie Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Valley City (26%, 14 mi), Gwinner (9%, 62 mi), Fargo (9%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grand Prairie 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.