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Jobs & commute in Lippert Township

About half of Lippert Township’s working residents commute to Jamestown

Only 3% work in Lippert Township itself; outside it, Jamestown draws the most (47%, 10 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home; North Dakota has 8%. Lippert Township has 3 jobs, against 36 working residents.

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

Day and night

Lippert Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 35 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

35live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night85
Workday52
85live here− 35head out to work+ 2come in to work= 52on a workday

About 52 people are in Lippert Township on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.08 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 Lippert Township’s working residents head each day

Duluth: 1 residents work here (3%)Montpelier: 1 residents work here (3%)Napoleon: 1 residents work here (3%)Casselton: 1 residents work here (3%)Lisbon: 1 residents work here (3%)Devils Lake: 1 residents work here (3%)Jamestown: 17 residents work here (47%)Fargo: 2 residents work here (6%)Moon Lake TownshipCorwin Township: 2 residents work here (6%)Lenton TownshipSharlow TownshipWoodbury TownshipEldridge TownshipLippert TownshipSpiritwood: 2 residents work here (6%)JamestownFargoCorwin TownshipSpiritwoodDuluthMontpelierLippert Township
1
Jamestown10 mi away
47%17
2
Fargo97.4 mi away
6%2
3
Corwin Township14.2 mi away
6%2
4
Spiritwood19.6 mi away
6%2
5
Duluth, MN319.5 mi away
3%1
6
Montpelier18 mi away
3%1
7
Napoleon48.2 mi away
3%1
8
Casselton79.3 mi away
3%1
9
Lisbon64.1 mi away
3%1
10
Devils Lake86.8 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%7
The top trips

Where Lippert 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

Lippert Township works in goods: 100% of its jobs

Jobs based in Lippert TownshipJobs Lippert Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%14%
Trade, transport & utilities0%22%
Services: health, schools, offices0%64%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%28%
Over $3,333 a month33%58%

Who does it

29 or younger0%22%
30 to 5433%47%
55 and older67%31%

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 Lippert Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Lippert Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Lippert Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 22 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

How many miles Lippert Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miJamestown: 47% · 10 miFargo: 6% · 97.4 miCorwin Township: 6% · 14.2 miSpiritwood: 6% · 19.6 miDuluth: 3% · 319.5 miMontpelier: 3% · 18 miNapoleon: 3% · 48.2 miCasselton: 3% · 79.3 miLisbon: 3% · 64.1 miDevils Lake: 3% · 86.8 miJamestown 47%Fargo 6%Corwin Township 6%Spiritwood 6%Lippert Township
Lippert TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
39%Under 10 mi14 residents
31%10–24 mi11 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
31%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 31% 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

Next door to Lippert Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownLippert Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Lippert Township–————
Moon Lake Townshipunder 3%————
Lenton Townshipunder 3%——21 min—
Woodbury Townshipunder 3%——25 min—
Eldridge Townshipunder 3%————

Same-state neighbors only. Moon Lake Township, Lenton Township, Woodbury Township and Eldridge Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Lippert 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 Lippert Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Lippert Township?

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

Where do people who live in Lippert Township work?

3% work in town.

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Lippert Township

Lippert 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.