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Jobs & commute in Peace Township

Peace Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Employers in Peace Township report 2 jobs, against 12 working residents. About one in ten stay in Peace Township for work; outside it, Steele is the main destination (17%, 19 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%.

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

Day and night

Peace Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 11 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

11live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night38
Workday28
38live here− 11head out to work+ 1come in to work= 28on a workday

About 28 people are in Peace Township on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.17jobs 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

Where people from Peace Township work

Montpelier: 1 residents work here (8%)Streeter: 1 residents work here (8%)Steele: 2 residents work here (17%)Wilton: 1 residents work here (8%)Richardton: 1 residents work here (8%)Jamestown: 1 residents work here (8%)Bismarck: 1 residents work here (8%)Minot: 1 residents work here (8%)Fargo: 1 residents work here (8%)Spiritwood TownshipGraf TownshipBunker TownshipPeace TownshipValley TownshipSteeleMontpelierStreeterWiltonRichardtonJamestownPeace Township
1
Steele18.6 mi away
17%2
2
Montpelier48.3 mi away
8%1
3
Streeter12.1 mi away
8%1
4
Wilton64.2 mi away
8%1
5
Richardton128 mi away
8%1
6
Jamestown45.7 mi away
8%1
7
Bismarck55.6 mi away
8%1
8
Minot132.2 mi away
8%1
9
Fargo132 mi away
8%1
10
Peace Township (in town)right here
8%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
8%1
The top trips

Where Peace 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 Peace Township

Jobs based in Peace TownshipJobs Peace Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%33%
Trade, transport & utilities0%8%
Services: health, schools, offices0%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%25%
Over $3,333 a month100%58%

Who does it

29 or younger0%8%
30 to 54100%67%
55 and older0%25%
+0%

Jobs based in Peace Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 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 Peace Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Peace Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Peace Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 7 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

The commute from Peace Township, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSteele: 17% · 18.6 miMontpelier: 8% · 48.3 miStreeter: 8% · 12.1 miWilton: 8% · 64.2 miRichardton: 8% · 128 miJamestown: 8% · 45.7 miBismarck: 8% · 55.6 miMinot: 8% · 132.2 miFargo: 8% · 132 miSteele 17%Montpelier 8%Streeter 8%Wilton 8%Richardton 8%Peace Township
Peace TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
8%Under 10 mi1 residents
25%10–24 mi3 residents
17%25–50 mi2 residents
50%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 50% 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

Around Peace Township: the bordering towns

Jobs & commute next door

TownPeace Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Peace Township–————
Bunker Townshipunder 9%————
Valley Townshipunder 9%————
Graf Townshipunder 9%————

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

Darker towns draw more of Peace 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 Peace Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Peace Township?

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

Where do people who live in Peace Township work?

8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Steele (17%, 19 mi), Montpelier (8%, 48 mi), Streeter (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Peace Township

Peace 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.