Work, pay and getting to work in Mission Township
The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average, where North Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26. About one in five stay in Mission Township for work; outside it, Oberon is the main destination (26%, 18 miles). Mission Township has 307 jobs; 276 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Mission Township in brief
In Mission Township, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mission Township, 2013 → 2023: 370 → 307. 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 Mission Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 225 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Mission Township to work: where people go
Where Mission Township clocks in
26% of workers
17% of workers
10% 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.
About 16 minutes to work from Mission Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mission Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 255 commuters (the 4% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Mission Township
About 16% 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.
How Mission Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wood Lake Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mission Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $43,625 |
| South Minnewaukan Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
| Creel Township | under 1% | B+ | C− | 11 min | $113,942 |
| Wood Lake Township | 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Lohnes Township | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. South Minnewaukan Township, Wood Lake Township and Lohnes Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mission 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 Mission Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mission Township?
$43,625 (±$26,972) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mission Township?
32.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mission Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mission Township work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oberon (26%, 18 mi), Devils Lake (17%, 8 mi), Fort Totten (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mission Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mission Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mission 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.