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Jobs & commute in Odin Township

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Odin Township works elsewhere

Employers in Odin Township report 1 jobs, against 23 working residents. Hardly any work in Odin Township itself; outside it, Minot draws the most (26%, 34 miles). 50% 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

Who commutes out of Odin Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 23 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

23live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night48
Workday26
48live here− 23head out to work+ 1come in to work= 26on a workday

About 26 people are in Odin Township on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs 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

The places Odin Township commutes to

Anamoose: 1 residents work here (4%)KarlsruheBergenVelva: 5 residents work here (22%)Harvey: 1 residents work here (4%)New Town: 1 residents work here (4%)Stanley: 1 residents work here (4%)Wahpeton: 1 residents work here (4%)Devils Lake: 1 residents work here (4%)Bismarck: 2 residents work here (9%)Minot: 6 residents work here (26%)Fargo: 2 residents work here (9%)Cottonwood Lake TownshipLake Hester TownshipVoltaire TownshipOdin TownshipBalfour TownshipMinotVelvaBismarckFargoAnamooseHarveyOdin Township
1
Minot34.2 mi away
26%6
2
Velva14.5 mi away
22%5
3
Bismarck81.2 mi away
9%2
4
Fargo194.1 mi away
9%2
5
Anamoose19.6 mi away
4%1
6
Harvey35.8 mi away
4%1
7
New Town85.6 mi away
4%1
8
Stanley84.4 mi away
4%1
9
Wahpeton223.2 mi away
4%1
10
Devils Lake81.9 mi away
4%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
9%2
The top trips

Where Odin 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

Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Odin Township

Jobs based in Odin TownshipJobs Odin Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%4%
Trade, transport & utilities0%26%
Services: health, schools, offices0%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less100%22%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%22%
Over $3,333 a month0%57%

Who does it

29 or younger0%17%
30 to 54100%70%
55 and older0%13%

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 Odin Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Odin Township

Working from home
50%

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

About 5 in 10
How Odin Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 5 commuters (the 50% 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

The commute from Odin Township, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMinot: 26% · 34.2 miVelva: 22% · 14.5 miBismarck: 9% · 81.2 miFargo: 9% · 194.1 miAnamoose: 4% · 19.6 miHarvey: 4% · 35.8 miNew Town: 4% · 85.6 miStanley: 4% · 84.4 miWahpeton: 4% · 223.2 miDevils Lake: 4% · 81.9 miMinot 26%Velva 22%Bismarck 9%Fargo 9%Anamoose 4%Odin Township
Odin TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
35%10–24 mi8 residents
30%25–50 mi7 residents
35%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 35% 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

Odin Township and its neighbors

Jobs & commute next door

TownOdin Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Odin Township–————
Cottonwood Lake Townshipunder 5%————
Voltaire Townshipunder 5%————
Lake Hester Townshipunder 5%————
Balfour Townshipunder 5%————
Bergenunder 5%————

Same-state neighbors only. Cottonwood Lake Township, Voltaire Township, Lake Hester Township, Balfour Township and Bergen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Odin 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 Odin Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Odin Township?

10.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Odin Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minot (26%, 34 mi), Velva (22%, 14 mi), Bismarck (9%, 81 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Odin Township

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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.