With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Pearl Lake Township works elsewhere
4 jobs are based in Pearl Lake Township, against 33 working residents. Hardly any work in Pearl Lake Township itself; outside it, LaMoure draws the most (30%, 5 miles). Home is the office for 15% of workers, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Pearl Lake Township on a workday
On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53 people are in Pearl Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Pearl Lake Township: the destinations
Where Pearl Lake Township clocks in
30% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
Pearl Lake Township works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pearl Lake Township, 2014 → 2024: 20 → 4. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pearl Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Pearl Lake Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pearl Lake Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 15% 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.
Half of Pearl Lake Township commutes less than 29 miles
About 33% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Pearl Lake Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pearl Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl Lake Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $93,750 |
| Greenville Township | under 4% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Grand Rapids Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Gladstone Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenville Township, Grand Rapids Township, Gladstone Township and Ryan Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pearl Lake 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 2024, 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 Pearl Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Pearl Lake Township?
$93,750 (±$74,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pearl Lake Township?
7.4%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pearl Lake Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pearl Lake Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are LaMoure (30%, 5 mi), Fargo (12%, 73 mi), Edgeley (9%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pearl Lake 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 Pearl Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pearl Lake Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.