Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Montpelier Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
19% of workers have no commute at all, against 8% across North Dakota. Montpelier Township has 5 jobs, and 33 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Montpelier Township itself; outside it, Jamestown draws the most (18%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Montpelier Township
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52 people are in Montpelier Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Montpelier Township work
Where Montpelier Township clocks in
18% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
80% of the jobs in Montpelier Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montpelier Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Montpelier Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Montpelier Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 19% 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 it is to work from Montpelier Township
About 42% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Montpelier Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Montpelier Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montpelier Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $103,750 |
| Severn Township | under 4% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Corwin Township | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Manns Township | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Adrian Township | under 4% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Severn Township, Corwin Township, Manns Township and Adrian Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Montpelier 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 2024, 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 Montpelier Township: questions
What is the median household income in Montpelier Township?
$103,750 (±$97,580) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Montpelier Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Montpelier Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Montpelier Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (18%, 16 mi), Montpelier (9%, 3 mi), Bismarck (6%, 102 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Montpelier Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Montpelier Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Montpelier Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.