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Jobs & commute in Kennison Township

Kennison Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each

Kennison Township has 12 jobs for 38 working residents. Hardly any work in Kennison Township itself; outside it, Fargo draws the most (18%, 92 miles). 15% of workers work from home, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Kennison Township

On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.

38live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
12work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday80
110live here− 38head out to work+ 12come in to work= 80on a workday

About 80 people are in Kennison Township on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.32jobs 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 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Kennison Township work

Glyndon: 1 residents work here (3%)Fergus Falls: 1 residents work here (3%)Kulm: 1 residents work here (3%)SanbornEdgeley: 4 residents work here (11%)RogersLaMoure: 2 residents work here (5%)Bottineau: 1 residents work here (3%)Jamestown: 4 residents work here (11%)Bismarck: 3 residents work here (8%)Fargo: 7 residents work here (18%)SelbyDwight Township: 2 residents work here (5%)Badger TownshipKennison TownshipMikkelson TownshipGlenmore TownshipWillowbank TownshipGreen TownshipAdrian TownshipFargoEdgeleyJamestownBismarckLaMoureDwight TownshipKennison Township
1
Fargo92 mi away
18%7
2
Edgeley14.6 mi away
11%4
3
Jamestown23 mi away
11%4
4
Bismarck98.3 mi away
8%3
5
LaMoure25.3 mi away
5%2
6
Dwight Township98 mi away
5%2
7
Glyndon, MN103.7 mi away
3%1
8
Fergus Falls, MN127.7 mi away
3%1
9
Kulm21.5 mi away
3%1
10
Bottineau174.9 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%12
The top trips

Where Kennison 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

42% of the jobs in Kennison Township make or build things

Jobs based in Kennison TownshipJobs Kennison Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms42%21%
Trade, transport & utilities33%32%
Services: health, schools, offices25%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less33%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%26%
Over $3,333 a month33%61%

Who does it

29 or younger58%18%
30 to 548%55%
55 and older33%26%
−69%

Jobs based in Kennison Township, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 12. 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 Kennison Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Kennison Township: about 14 minutes

A year of commuting
109 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Kennison Township14 min
North Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
15%

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

About 2 in 10
How Kennison Township gets to work
64%Drive alone
27%Carpool
9%Walk

Share of the 45 commuters (the 15% 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Kennison Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFargo: 18% · 92 miEdgeley: 11% · 14.6 miJamestown: 11% · 23 miBismarck: 8% · 98.3 miLaMoure: 5% · 25.3 miDwight Township: 5% · 98 miGlyndon: 3% · 103.7 miFergus Falls: 3% · 127.7 miKulm: 3% · 21.5 miBottineau: 3% · 174.9 miFargo 18%Edgeley 11%Jamestown 11%Bismarck 8%LaMoure 5%Kennison Township
Kennison TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
39%10–24 mi14 residents
8%25–50 mi3 residents
53%Over 50 mi19 residents

About 53% 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

Kennison Township and its neighbors

Jobs & commute next door

TownKennison Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Kennison Township–——14 min—
Adrian Townshipunder 3%——30 min—
Glenmore Townshipunder 3%————
Mikkelson Townshipunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. Adrian Township, Glenmore Township and Mikkelson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Kennison 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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Kennison Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Kennison Township?

4.2%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Kennison Township?

14 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Kennison Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (18%, 92 mi), Edgeley (11%, 15 mi), Jamestown (11%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Kennison Township

Kennison Township home →

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.