Osborn Township has 2.0 jobs for every working resident: 266 people commute in to work
Home is the office for 0% of workers (North Dakota 8%). Osborn Township has 271 jobs for 137 working residents. Only 4% work in Osborn Township itself; outside it, New Town draws the most (23%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Osborn Township by day and by night
On a workday 132 residents head out to work and 5 work right here.
About 470 people are in Osborn Township on a workday afternoon, 40% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Osborn Township live
Where Osborn Township clocks in
23% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 63% of the jobs in Osborn Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Osborn Township, 2013 → 2023: 383 → 271. 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 Osborn Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Osborn Township
of Osborn Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Osborn Township
About 23% 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.
26% of Osborn Township works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Osborn Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osborn Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| New Town | 23% | C− | B+ | 14 min | $52,500 |
| Van Hook Township | 3% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Knife River Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Crane Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Howie Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Van Hook Township, Knife River Township, Crane Creek Township and Howie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Town. Darker towns draw more of Osborn 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 Osborn Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Osborn Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Osborn Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Town (23%, 3 mi), Van Hook Township (3%, 5 mi), Tioga (2%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Osborn 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 Osborn Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Osborn 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.