At 9.7%, unemployment in Nedrose Township is higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Nedrose Township are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Nedrose Township is ahead of 90% of U.S. towns. Only 3% work in Nedrose Township; the top destination outside it is Minot (61%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Nedrose Township
More than half of Nedrose Township works in Minot
677 working residents, 61%, have their main job in Minot, 5 miles away across the town line. That’s 20 times as many as work in Nedrose Township itself. The commute map ↓
Nedrose Township trades workers with the towns around it
Nedrose Township has about as many jobs (962) as working residents (1,106), but they are mostly different people: 1,070 residents leave for work each day while 926 people come in. Only 4% of the jobs in Nedrose Township are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Nedrose Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Nedrose Township fell from 1,712 in 2013 to 962 in 2023, −44%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Most Nedrose Township residents work close to home
70% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Nedrose Township makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Nedrose Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Nedrose Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Nedrose Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nedrose Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Nedrose Township’s grade up (0.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nedrose Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
The places Nedrose Township commutes to
Where Nedrose Township clocks in
5% of workers
3% 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.
Who commutes out of Nedrose Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,070 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 926 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 (0.87 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.
Goods jobs make up 41% of work in Nedrose Township
962 jobs are based in Nedrose Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nedrose Township, 2013 → 2023: 1,712 → 962. 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 Nedrose Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Nedrose Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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.
Time on the road from Nedrose Township: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nedrose Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,115 commuters (the 10% 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.
In Nedrose Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nedrose Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.2% across North Dakota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,241 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Nedrose Township households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nedrose Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Nedrose Township next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 3,000: 1,424th of 5,641 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 410 | Gibbs Township ND | 2,856 | $156K | 1.4% | 2.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 812 | Harrison Township ND | 1,734 | $122K | 5.1% | 5.2% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,167 | Casselton ND | 2,485 | $73K | 7.1% | 0.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,422 | Washington Township IN | 2,916 | $69K | 6.3% | 2.2% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,423 | Canaan NY | 1,518 | $107K | 3.4% | 4.2% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,424 | Nedrose Township ND | 2,204 | $124K | 0.7% | 9.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,425 | Riverview DE | 2,596 | $93K | 8.2% | 3.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,426 | Garfield TX | 1,926 | $73K | 9.6% | 13.6% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,641 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Nedrose Township, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
Next door is work for 63% of Nedrose Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nedrose Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nedrose Township | – | B+ | C− | 18 min | $123,967 |
| Minot | 61% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $73,219 |
| Sundre Township | under 1% | A | D | 24 min | $107,218 |
| Surrey | under 1% | A− | D | 20 min | $106,438 |
| Harrison Township | 2% | A− | D | 20 min | $122,361 |
| Surrey Township | under 1% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| McKinley Township | under 1% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| New Prairie Township | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Surrey Township, McKinley Township and New Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Minot. Darker towns draw more of Nedrose 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 Nedrose Township: questions
What is the median household income in Nedrose Township?
$123,967 (±$9,700) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nedrose Township?
0.7%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nedrose Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nedrose Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minot (61%, 5 mi), Bismarck (5%, 102 mi), Fargo (3%, 224 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nedrose Township walkable?
Nedrose Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nedrose Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nedrose Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nedrose 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.