For more than half of its working residents, New Prairie Township is a commute to Minot
2% of workers work from home (North Dakota 8%). Hardly any work in New Prairie Township; the top destination outside it is Minot (54%, 11 miles). Working residents average 22 minutes each way (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Prairie Township by day and by night
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in New Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.
0.01 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 New Prairie Township to work: where people go
Where New Prairie Township clocks in
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in New Prairie Township
2 jobs are based in New Prairie Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Prairie Township, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 2. 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 New Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from New Prairie Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 295 commuters (the 2% 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.
The distance from New Prairie Township to work
About 26% 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 New Prairie Township compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Nedrose Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Prairie Township | – | — | — | 22 min | $82,708 |
| Sundre Township | under 3% | A | D | 24 min | $107,218 |
| North Prairie Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Sawyer Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Surrey Township | 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Nedrose Township | 5% | B+ | C− | 18 min | $123,967 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Prairie Township, Sawyer Township and Surrey Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Prairie 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 New Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in New Prairie Township?
$82,708 (±$19,214) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Prairie Township?
1.3%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Prairie Township?
22 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Prairie Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around New Prairie 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 New Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Prairie 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.