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Jobs & commute in Longfellow Township

Bismarck draws more than half of Longfellow Township’s working residents

A typical one-way commute from Longfellow Township lasts 26 minutes (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26). 0% of workers have no commute at all, against 8% across North Dakota. Hardly any work in Longfellow Township itself; outside it, Bismarck draws the most (57%, 49 miles).

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

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Longfellow Township

On a workday 7 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

7live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night38
Workday31
38live here− 7head out to work+ 0come in to work= 31on a workday

About 31 people are in Longfellow Township on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 people from Longfellow Township work

Litchville: 1 residents work here (14%)Bismarck: 4 residents work here (57%)Grand Forks: 1 residents work here (14%)Victoria TownshipLongfellow TownshipBismarckLitchvilleGrand ForksLongfellow Township
1
Bismarck49.4 mi away
57%4
2
Litchville153.9 mi away
14%1
3
Grand Forks196.1 mi away
14%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
14%1
The top trips

Where Longfellow 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

From Longfellow Township, about 26 minutes to the job

A year of commuting
197 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Longfellow Township26 min
North Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Longfellow Township gets to work
49%Drive alone
51%Carpool

Share of the 108 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 far Longfellow Township’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBismarck: 57% · 49.4 miLitchville: 14% · 153.9 miGrand Forks: 14% · 196.1 miBismarck 57%Litchville 14%Grand Forks 14%Longfellow Township
Longfellow TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
14%Under 10 mi1 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
43%25–50 mi3 residents
43%Over 50 mi3 residents

About 43% 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

Work in the towns next to Longfellow Township

Victoria Township: few work hereVictoria TownshipLongfellow Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Jobs & commute next door

TownLongfellow Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Longfellow Township–——26 min$196,250
Victoria Townshipunder 15%————

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

Darker towns draw more of Longfellow 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 Longfellow Township: questions

What is the median household income in Longfellow Township?

$196,250 (±$107,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Longfellow Township?

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

How long is the commute from Longfellow Township?

26 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 Longfellow Township work?

0% work in town.

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Longfellow 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.