Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Where Hettinger Township earns its living
18% of workers work from home (North Dakota 8%). Hardly any work in Hettinger Township itself; outside it, Hettinger draws the most (29%, 4 miles). Working residents average 20 minutes each way (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Hettinger Township by day
On a workday 49 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 45 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 (0.92 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Hettinger Township’s working residents head each day
Where Hettinger Township clocks in
29% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
What Hettinger Township’s employers do
45 jobs are based in Hettinger Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hettinger Township, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 45. 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 Hettinger Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Hettinger Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hettinger Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 73 commuters (the 18% 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 Hettinger Township, by distance
About 38% 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.
Next door is work for 33% of Hettinger Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hettinger Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hettinger Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $105,938 |
| Hettinger | 29% | C− | B | 14 min | $62,750 |
| Scott Township | 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Duck Creek Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Scott Township and Duck Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hettinger. Darker towns draw more of Hettinger 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 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 Hettinger Township: questions
What is the median household income in Hettinger Township?
$105,938 (±$56,468) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hettinger Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hettinger Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hettinger Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hettinger (29%, 4 mi), Bowman (8%, 37 mi), Bismarck (8%, 109 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hettinger 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 Hettinger Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hettinger 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.