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Jobs & commute in Granville Township

Granville Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Employers in Granville Township report 6 jobs, and 30 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Granville Township for work; outside it, Minot is the main destination (20%, 22 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole.

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

Day and night

How a workday changes Granville Township

On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

30live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night84
Workday60
84live here− 30head out to work+ 6come in to work= 60on a workday

About 60 people are in Granville Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.20jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 Granville Township work

Bagley: 1 residents work here (3%)Eagan: 1 residents work here (3%)Towner: 3 residents work here (10%)Mohall: 1 residents work here (3%)Ray: 1 residents work here (3%)Surrey: 1 residents work here (3%)Rugby: 4 residents work here (13%)Stanley: 2 residents work here (7%)Bismarck: 2 residents work here (7%)Minot: 6 residents work here (20%)Newport TownshipRose Hill TownshipHendrickson TownshipNorwich TownshipGranville TownshipCreel TownshipEgg Creek TownshipMinotRugbyTownerStanleyBismarckBagleyGranville Township
1
Minot21.8 mi away
20%6
2
Rugby38.7 mi away
13%4
3
Towner20.2 mi away
10%3
4
Stanley73.7 mi away
7%2
5
Bismarck97.4 mi away
7%2
6
Bagley, MN254.9 mi away
3%1
7
Eagan, MN432.7 mi away
3%1
8
Mohall49.6 mi away
3%1
9
Ray109 mi away
3%1
10
Surrey14.9 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%8
The top trips

Where Granville 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.

The jobs

Granville Township is a services town

Jobs based in Granville TownshipJobs Granville Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%20%
Trade, transport & utilities0%23%
Services: health, schools, offices100%57%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%7%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%33%
Over $3,333 a month50%60%

Who does it

29 or younger0%27%
30 to 5450%43%
55 and older50%30%
−14%

Jobs based in Granville Township, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 6. 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 Granville Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Granville Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Granville Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 5 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

How far Granville Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMinot: 20% · 21.8 miRugby: 13% · 38.7 miTowner: 10% · 20.2 miStanley: 7% · 73.7 miBismarck: 7% · 97.4 miBagley: 3% · 254.9 miEagan: 3% · 432.7 miMohall: 3% · 49.6 miRay: 3% · 109 miSurrey: 3% · 14.9 miMinot 20%Rugby 13%Towner 10%Bismarck 7%Granville Township
Granville TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
37%10–24 mi11 residents
23%25–50 mi7 residents
40%Over 50 mi12 residents

About 40% 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

Granville Township and the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownGranville Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Granville Township–———$31,731
Rose Hill Townshipunder 4%————
Hendrickson Townshipunder 4%————
Egg Creek Townshipunder 4%————
Norwich Townshipunder 4%——26 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Rose Hill Township, Hendrickson Township, Egg Creek Township and Norwich Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Granville 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 Granville Township: questions

What is the median household income in Granville Township?

$31,731 (±$12,101) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Granville Township?

8.5%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Granville Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minot (20%, 22 mi), Rugby (13%, 39 mi), Towner (10%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Granville Township

Granville Township home →

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.