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Jobs & commute in Pleasant View Township

With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pleasant View Township works elsewhere

Home is the office for 0% of workers; North Dakota has 8%. There are 10 jobs in Pleasant View Township, against 48 working residents. Only 2% stay in Pleasant View Township for work; outside it, Grand Forks is the main destination (27%, 18 miles).

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

Day and night

Who commutes out of Pleasant View Township, and who commutes in

On a workday 47 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

47live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday100
140live here− 47head out to work+ 9come in to work= 100on a workday

About 100 people are in Pleasant View Township on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.21jobs 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 Pleasant View Township commutes to

Fertile: 1 residents work here (2%)Sheyenne: 1 residents work here (2%)ThompsonHatton: 2 residents work here (4%)Larimore: 2 residents work here (4%)Cavalier: 1 residents work here (2%)Cooperstown: 1 residents work here (2%)Northwood: 12 residents work here (25%)West Fargo: 2 residents work here (4%)MinotGrand Forks: 13 residents work here (27%)Fargo: 3 residents work here (6%)Chester TownshipWashington TownshipFairfield TownshipAgnes TownshipPleasant View TownshipAvon TownshipGrand ForksNorthwoodFargoHattonLarimoreWest FargoPleasant View Township
1
Grand Forks18.1 mi away
27%13
2
Northwood7.9 mi away
25%12
3
Fargo71.3 mi away
6%3
4
Hatton12 mi away
4%2
5
Larimore11 mi away
4%2
6
West Fargo70.3 mi away
4%2
7
Fertile, MN57.3 mi away
2%1
8
Sheyenne77.7 mi away
2%1
9
Cavalier68.5 mi away
2%1
10
Cooperstown40.6 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%10
The top trips

Where Pleasant View 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

Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Pleasant View Township

Jobs based in Pleasant View TownshipJobs Pleasant View Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%27%
Trade, transport & utilities0%25%
Services: health, schools, offices0%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less10%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month40%29%
Over $3,333 a month50%58%

Who does it

29 or younger20%13%
30 to 5460%58%
55 and older20%29%
−38%

Jobs based in Pleasant View Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 10. 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 Pleasant View Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Pleasant View Township: about 35 minutes

A year of commuting
265 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Pleasant View Township35 min
North Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 26 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Pleasant View Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGrand Forks: 27% · 18.1 miNorthwood: 25% · 7.9 miFargo: 6% · 71.3 miHatton: 4% · 12 miLarimore: 4% · 11 miWest Fargo: 4% · 70.3 miFertile: 2% · 57.3 miSheyenne: 2% · 77.7 miCavalier: 2% · 68.5 miCooperstown: 2% · 40.6 miGrand Forks 27%Northwood 25%Fargo 6%Hatton 4%Larimore 4%Pleasant View Township
Pleasant View TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
25%Under 10 mi12 residents
48%10–24 mi23 residents
4%25–50 mi2 residents
23%Over 50 mi11 residents

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.

Next door

Pleasant View Township and the towns next door

Avon Township: few work hereWashington Township: few work hereChester Township: few work hereFairfield Township: few work hereAvon TownshipWashington TownshipChester TownshipFairfield TownshipPleasant View Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Washington Township20 min
Avon Township24 min
Fairfield Township24 min
Chester Township26 min
Pleasant View Township35 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownPleasant View Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Pleasant View Township–——35 min$89,750
Avon Townshipunder 3%——24 min—
Washington Townshipunder 3%——20 min—
Chester Townshipunder 3%——26 min—
Fairfield Townshipunder 3%——24 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Avon Township, Washington Township, Chester Township and Fairfield Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Pleasant View 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 Pleasant View Township: questions

What is the median household income in Pleasant View Township?

$89,750 (±$7,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Pleasant View Township?

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

How long is the commute from Pleasant View Township?

35 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Pleasant View Township work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Forks (27%, 18 mi), Northwood (25%, 8 mi), Fargo (6%, 71 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Pleasant View Township

Pleasant View 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.