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Jobs & commute in Lakeville Township

About half of Lakeville Township’s working residents commute to Grand Forks

For 0% of workers, the job is at home (North Dakota 8%). Hardly any stay in Lakeville Township for work; outside it, Grand Forks is the main destination (47%, 15 miles). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, where North Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26.

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

Day and night

Lakeville Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

34live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night79
Workday45
79live here− 34head out to work+ 0come in to work= 45on a workday

About 45 people are in Lakeville Township on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Where Lakeville Township’s working residents head each day

Fisher: 1 residents work here (3%)Roseau: 1 residents work here (3%)East Grand Forks: 1 residents work here (3%)Manvel: 1 residents work here (3%)Tolna: 1 residents work here (3%)Grafton: 3 residents work here (9%)Bismarck: 1 residents work here (3%)Grand Forks: 16 residents work here (47%)Fargo: 2 residents work here (6%)Blooming TownshipGilby TownshipLakeville TownshipJohnstown Township: 2 residents work here (6%)Ferry TownshipLevant TownshipMekinock TownshipGrand ForksGraftonFargoJohnstown TownshipFisherRoseauLakeville Township
1
Grand Forks15.3 mi away
47%16
2
Grafton24 mi away
9%3
3
Fargo86.5 mi away
6%2
46%2
5
Fisher, MN30.9 mi away
3%1
6
Roseau, MN89.6 mi away
3%1
73%1
8
Manvel7 mi away
3%1
9
Tolna54 mi away
3%1
10
Bismarck182.6 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
15%5
The top trips

Where Lakeville 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.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Lakeville Township takes about 23 minutes

A year of commuting
177 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lakeville Township23 min
North Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Lakeville Township gets to work
55%Drive alone
12%Carpool
16%Transit
18%Other

Share of the 51 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

Short hops and long hauls from Lakeville Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGrand Forks: 47% · 15.3 miGrafton: 9% · 24 miFargo: 6% · 86.5 miJohnstown Township: 6% · 7.8 miFisher: 3% · 30.9 miRoseau: 3% · 89.6 miEast Grand Forks: 3% · 17.6 miManvel: 3% · 7 miTolna: 3% · 54 miBismarck: 3% · 182.6 miGrand Forks 47%Grafton 9%Fargo 6%Johnstown Township 6%Fisher 3%Lakeville Township
Lakeville TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
12%Under 10 mi4 residents
56%10–24 mi19 residents
15%25–50 mi5 residents
18%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 18% 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

Lakeville Township and its neighbors

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Mekinock Township11 min
Lakeville Township23 min
Levant Township23 min
Ferry Township26 min
Blooming Township33 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownLakeville Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Lakeville Township–——23 min—
Gilby Townshipunder 3%————
Blooming Townshipunder 3%——33 min—
Ferry Townshipunder 3%——26 min—
Levant Townshipunder 3%——23 min—
Mekinock Townshipunder 3%B−B−11 min$73,992

Same-state neighbors only. Gilby Township, Blooming Township, Ferry Township and Levant Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Lakeville 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 Lakeville Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Lakeville Township?

0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Lakeville Township?

23 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 Lakeville Township work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Lakeville Township without a car?

16% 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 Lakeville Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Lakeville Township

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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.