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Jobs & commute in Plumer Township

About half of Plumer Township’s working residents commute to Crosby

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

Day and night

Plumer Township quiets down on a workday

On a workday 4 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

4live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night9
Workday5
9live here− 4head out to work+ 0come in to work= 5on a workday

About 5 people are in Plumer Township on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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

50% of working residents work in Crosby

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Crosby: 2 residents work here (50%)Williston: 1 residents work here (25%)Frederick TownshipFrazier TownshipGarnet TownshipPlumer TownshipTroy TownshipBurg TownshipCrosbyWillistonPlumer Township
1
Crosby11.8 mi away
50%2
2
Williston41 mi away
25%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
25%1
The top trips

Where Plumer Township clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Plumer Township commutes less than 11 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 miCrosby: 50% · 11.8 miWilliston: 25% · 41 miCrosby 50%Williston 25%Plumer Township
Plumer TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
50%10–24 mi2 residents
25%25–50 mi1 residents
25%Over 50 mi1 residents

About 25% 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.

Next door

Plumer Township and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Plumer Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Jobs & commute next door

TownPlumer Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Plumer Township–————
Troy Townshipunder 25%————
Burg Townshipunder 25%————
Garnet Townshipunder 25%————
Frederick Townshipunder 25%————
Frazier Townshipunder 25%————

Same-state neighbors only. Troy Township, Burg Township, Garnet Township, Frederick Township and Frazier Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

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 Plumer Township: questions

Where do people who live in Plumer Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Crosby (50%, 12 mi), Williston (25%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Plumer Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Plumer 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.