Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Kensal Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (North Dakota 8%). Employers in Kensal Township report 3 jobs for 27 working residents. Hardly any work in Kensal Township itself; outside it, Jamestown draws the most (41%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Kensal Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 26 people are in Kensal Township on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
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 the trip to work from Kensal Township ends
Where Kensal Township clocks in
41% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Kensal Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kensal Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 3. 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 Kensal Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Kensal Township
of Kensal Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kensal Township
About 37% 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.
Kensal Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Kensal (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kensal Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensal Township | – | — | — | — | $60,625 |
| Kensal | 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Nogosek Township | under 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Bucephalia Township | under 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Edmunds Township | under 4% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Lyon Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kensal, Nogosek Township, Bucephalia Township, Edmunds Township and Lyon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kensal 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 Kensal Township: questions
What is the median household income in Kensal Township?
$60,625 (±$34,958) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kensal Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kensal Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (41%, 27 mi), Fargo (11%, 97 mi), Grand Forks (7%, 91 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kensal 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 Kensal Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kensal 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.