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Jobs & commute in McClellan Township

McClellan Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each

At home: 17% of workers have no commute at all (North Dakota 8%). McClellan Township has 6 jobs for 11 working residents. Hardly any stay in McClellan Township for work; outside it, Maddock is the main destination (27%, 14 miles).

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

Day and night

How many people are in McClellan Township by day

On a workday 11 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

11live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night30
Workday25
30live here− 11head out to work+ 6come in to work= 25on a workday

About 25 people are in McClellan Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.55jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 McClellan Township goes to work

Hamberg: 1 residents work here (9%)Fessenden: 1 residents work here (9%)Leeds: 1 residents work here (9%)Cando: 1 residents work here (9%)Maddock: 3 residents work here (27%)Devils Lake: 2 residents work here (18%)Bismarck: 1 residents work here (9%)Fargo: 1 residents work here (9%)Howell TownshipEldon TownshipRiggin TownshipNormania TownshipTwin Tree TownshipButte Valley TownshipLake Ibsen TownshipMcClellan TownshipMaddockDevils LakeHambergFessendenLeedsCandoMcClellan Township
1
Maddock14.1 mi away
27%3
2
Devils Lake23.9 mi away
18%2
3
Hamberg26.9 mi away
9%1
4
Fessenden35.9 mi away
9%1
5
Leeds10 mi away
9%1
6
Cando25.3 mi away
9%1
7
Bismarck112.1 mi away
9%1
8
Fargo148.7 mi away
9%1
The top trips

Where McClellan 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

Goods jobs make up 100% of work in McClellan Township

Jobs based in McClellan TownshipJobs McClellan Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%9%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices0%73%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less67%0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%27%
Over $3,333 a month17%73%

Who does it

29 or younger50%18%
30 to 5450%55%
55 and older0%27%
+0%

Jobs based in McClellan Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 6. 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 McClellan Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in McClellan Township

Working from home
17%

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

About 2 in 10
How McClellan Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 5 commuters (the 17% 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 McClellan Township goes to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMaddock: 27% · 14.1 miDevils Lake: 18% · 23.9 miHamberg: 9% · 26.9 miFessenden: 9% · 35.9 miLeeds: 9% · 10 miCando: 9% · 25.3 miBismarck: 9% · 112.1 miFargo: 9% · 148.7 miMaddock 27%Devils Lake 18%Hamberg 9%Fessenden 9%Leeds 9%McClellan Township
McClellan TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi1 residents
55%10–24 mi6 residents
18%25–50 mi2 residents
18%Over 50 mi2 residents

About 18% 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

McClellan Township and the towns next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownMcClellan Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
McClellan Township–———$65,000
Butte Valley Townshipunder 10%————
Lake Ibsen Townshipunder 10%————
Eldon Townshipunder 10%————
Riggin Townshipunder 10%——23 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Butte Valley Township, Lake Ibsen Township, Eldon Township and Riggin Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of McClellan 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 McClellan Township: questions

What is the median household income in McClellan Township?

$65,000 (±$42,015) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in McClellan Township?

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

Where do people who live in McClellan Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maddock (27%, 14 mi), Devils Lake (18%, 24 mi), Hamberg (9%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of McClellan Township

McClellan 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.