A job hub: Manitou Township has 2.4 jobs per working resident, and 57 people come in to work
Hardly any work in Manitou Township; the top destination outside it is Stanley (29%, 10 miles). There are 57 jobs in Manitou Township for 24 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Manitou Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 24 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 93 people are in Manitou Township on a workday afternoon, 55% 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 Manitou Township, and from where
Where Manitou Township clocks in
29% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Manitou Township makes things: 54% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Manitou Township, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 57. 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 Manitou Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Manitou Township goes to work
About 17% 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 Manitou Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Manitou Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manitou Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Ross Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Cottonwood Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Debing Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Sorkness Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Myrtle Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ross Township, Cottonwood Township, Debing Township, Sorkness Township and Myrtle Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Manitou 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 Manitou Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Manitou Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Manitou Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stanley (29%, 10 mi), Williston (8%, 48 mi), Fargo (8%, 288 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Manitou Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Manitou 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.