Work means Minot for about half of Iota Flat Township’s working residents
Commuters spend 28 minutes getting to work on average; the North Dakota average is 18, the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Hardly any stay in Iota Flat Township for work; outside it, Minot is the main destination (45%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Iota Flat Township
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6 people are in Iota Flat Township on a workday afternoon, 87% fewer than live here.
0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Iota Flat Township: the destinations
Where Iota Flat Township clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
100% of the jobs in Iota Flat Township pay over $3,333 a month
1 jobs are based in Iota Flat Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Iota Flat Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Iota Flat Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Iota Flat Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 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.
Where in the region Iota Flat Township works
About 28% 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 to Iota Flat Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Iota Flat Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iota Flat Township | – | — | — | 28 min | $169,167 |
| Greely Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Newman Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Greely Township and Newman Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Iota Flat 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 Iota Flat Township: questions
What is the median household income in Iota Flat Township?
$169,167 (±$94,488) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Iota Flat Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Iota Flat Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Iota Flat Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Iota Flat 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 Iota Flat Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Iota Flat 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.