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Jobs & commute in Longview Township

For more than four in five of its working residents, Longview Township is a commute to Carrington

There are 2 jobs in Longview Township, and 12 of its residents work somewhere. For 59% of workers, the job is at home, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Hardly any work in Longview Township; the top destination outside it is Carrington (83%, 7 miles).

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

Day and night

Longview Township by day and by night

On a workday 12 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

12live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night45
Workday35
45live here− 12head out to work+ 2come in to work= 35on a workday

About 35 people are in Longview Township on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.17jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.17 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

Out of Longview Township to work: where people go

Carrington: 10 residents work here (83%)Bismarck: 1 residents work here (8%)Grand ForksForward Township: 1 residents work here (8%)Glacier TownshipConklin TownshipLongview TownshipWyard TownshipMelville TownshipHawksnest TownshipCarringtonBismarckForward TownshipLongview Township
1
Carrington7 mi away
83%10
2
Bismarck82.7 mi away
8%1
3
Forward Township39.5 mi away
8%1
The top trips

Where Longview 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

Longview Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Longview TownshipJobs Longview Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%8%
Trade, transport & utilities0%33%
Services: health, schools, offices0%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%33%
Over $3,333 a month100%42%

Who does it

29 or younger50%33%
30 to 5450%8%
55 and older0%58%
−33%

Jobs based in Longview Township, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 2. 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 Longview Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Longview Township

Working from home
59%

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

About 6 in 10
How Longview Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 39 commuters (the 59% 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

Where in the region Longview Township works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCarrington: 83% · 7 miBismarck: 8% · 82.7 miForward Township: 8% · 39.5 miCarrington 83%Bismarck 8%Forward Township 8%Longview Township
Longview TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
83%Under 10 mi10 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
8%25–50 mi1 residents
8%Over 50 mi1 residents

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

The towns around Longview Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownLongview Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Longview Township–————
Wyard Townshipunder 9%————
Conklin Townshipunder 9%————
Hawksnest Townshipunder 9%————
Melville Townshipunder 9%————
Glacier Townshipunder 9%————

Same-state neighbors only. Wyard Township, Conklin Township, Hawksnest Township, Melville Township and Glacier Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Longview 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 Longview Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Longview Township?

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

Where do people who live in Longview Township work?

0% work in town.

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Longview Township

Longview 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.