Mabel Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
16% of workers have no commute at all (North Dakota 8%). 1 jobs are based in Mabel Township, and 28 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Mabel Township itself; outside it, Cooperstown draws the most (29%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Mabel Township
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28 people are in Mabel Township on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer 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.
Where Mabel Township goes to work
Where Mabel Township clocks in
29% of workers
4% 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.
100% of the jobs in Mabel Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mabel Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 1. 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 Mabel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Mabel Township
of Mabel Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 26 commuters (the 16% 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.
Miles to work from Mabel Township
About 32% 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.
Mabel Township and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mabel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mabel Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Eastman Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Dover Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Helena Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Kingsley Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eastman Township, Dover Township, Helena Township and Kingsley Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mabel 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 Mabel Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Mabel Township?
16.9%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Mabel Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cooperstown (29%, 16 mi), Hannaford (11%, 13 mi), Sioux Center (4%, 317 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mabel 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 Mabel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mabel 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.