Photo: afiler from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Lakota Township has 4.1 jobs for every working resident: 37 people commute in to work
0% of workers work from home, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%. There are 37 jobs in Lakota Township, against 9 working residents. Hardly any work in Lakota Township itself; outside it, Michigan City draws the most (22%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lakota Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 9 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 77 people are in Lakota Township on a workday afternoon, 57% more 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.
Who travels to work in Lakota Township, and from where
Where Lakota Township clocks in
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Lakota 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 Lakota Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lakota Township
of Lakota Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lakota Township
About 33% 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 Lakota Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakota Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakota Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Bartlett Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| Clara Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| Rubin Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| Dodds Township | under 12% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Illinois Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bartlett Township, Clara Township, Rubin Township, Dodds Township and Illinois Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lakota 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 Lakota Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lakota Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lakota Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Michigan City (22%, 13 mi), Larimore (11%, 37 mi), Lakota (11%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lakota 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 Lakota Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakota 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.