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Marion Township, Bowman County, North DakotaPhoto: Ragazzi3 · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Jobs & commute in Marion Township

About two in three of Marion Township’s working residents commute to Bowman

Home is the office for 50% of workers (North Dakota 8%). Hardly any stay in Marion Township for work; outside it, Bowman is the main destination (67%, 7 miles). The Census job records count 3 working residents of Marion Township and no jobs based in it.

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

Day and night

Who works in Marion Township, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 3 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

3live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night12
Workday9
12live here− 3head out to work+ 0come in to work= 9on a workday

About 9 people are in Marion Township on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 Marion Township’s working residents head each day

Bowman: 2 residents work here (67%)Dickinson: 1 residents work here (33%)Star TownshipRhame TownshipMarion TownshipAdelaide TownshipBowmanDickinsonMarion Township
1
Bowman7.1 mi away
67%2
2
Dickinson56.5 mi away
33%1
The top trips

Where Marion 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

Working from home in Marion Township

Working from home
50%

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

About 5 in 10
How Marion Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 4 commuters (the 50% 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 Marion Township commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miBowman: 67% · 7.1 miDickinson: 33% · 56.5 miBowman 67%Dickinson 33%Marion Township
Marion TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
67%Under 10 mi2 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
33%Over 50 mi1 residents

About 33% 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 Marion Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownMarion Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Marion Township–————
Star Townshipunder 34%————
Rhame Townshipunder 34%————
Adelaide Townshipunder 34%————

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

Darker towns draw more of Marion 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 Marion Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Marion Township?

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

Where do people who live in Marion Township work?

0% work in town.

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Marion Township

Marion 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.