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Jobs & commute in Mount View Township

Mount View Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Hardly any work in Mount View Township itself; outside it, Cando draws the most (33%, 27 miles). There are 2 jobs in Mount View Township, against 15 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole.

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

Day and night

Mount View Township quiets down on a workday

On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

15live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night44
Workday31
44live here− 15head out to work+ 2come in to work= 31on a workday

About 31 people are in Mount View Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.13jobs 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

Out of Mount View Township to work: where people go

Cando: 5 residents work here (33%)Tolna: 1 residents work here (7%)Brocket: 1 residents work here (7%)Grafton: 1 residents work here (7%)Devils LakeJamestown: 1 residents work here (7%)Dickinson: 1 residents work here (7%)Fargo: 2 residents work here (13%)Monroe TownshipWoodbury Township: 1 residents work here (7%)New City Township: 1 residents work here (7%)Mount View TownshipPicton TownshipArmourdale TownshipCandoFargoTolnaBrocketGraftonJamestownMount View Township
1
Cando27.3 mi away
33%5
2
Fargo183.2 mi away
13%2
3
Tolna84.6 mi away
7%1
4
Brocket66.8 mi away
7%1
5
Grafton98.3 mi away
7%1
6
Jamestown138.6 mi away
7%1
7
Dickinson205.3 mi away
7%1
8
Woodbury Township142.1 mi away
7%1
9
New City Township17.8 mi away
7%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
7%1
The top trips

Where Mount View 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, not services: 100% of the jobs in Mount View Township

Jobs based in Mount View TownshipJobs Mount View Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%7%
Trade, transport & utilities0%40%
Services: health, schools, offices0%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%40%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%20%
Over $3,333 a month0%40%

Who does it

29 or younger50%20%
30 to 5450%40%
55 and older0%40%

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 Mount View Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Mount View Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Mount View Township gets to work
81%Drive alone
19%Walk

Share of the 26 commuters (the 0% 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

Half of Mount View Township commutes less than 83 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCando: 33% · 27.3 miFargo: 13% · 183.2 miTolna: 7% · 84.6 miBrocket: 7% · 66.8 miGrafton: 7% · 98.3 miJamestown: 7% · 138.6 miDickinson: 7% · 205.3 miWoodbury Township: 7% · 142.1 miNew City Township: 7% · 17.8 miCando 33%Fargo 13%Tolna 7%Brocket 7%Grafton 7%Mount View Township
Mount View TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
7%10–24 mi1 residents
33%25–50 mi5 residents
60%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 60% 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 Mount View Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownMount View Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Mount View Township–————
Monroe Townshipunder 7%————
Armourdale Townshipunder 7%————
Picton Townshipunder 7%————

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

Darker towns draw more of Mount View 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 Mount View Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Mount View Township?

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

Where do people who live in Mount View Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cando (33%, 27 mi), Fargo (13%, 183 mi), Tolna (7%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Mount View Township

Mount View 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.