Photo: In memoriam afiler · CC BY-SA 2.0Powers Lake Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any stay in Powers Lake Township for work; outside it, Stanley is the main destination (23%, 18 miles). 2 jobs are based in Powers Lake Township for 30 working residents. Home is the office for 7% of workers; North Dakota has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Powers Lake Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 25 people are in Powers Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 53% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Powers Lake Township to work: where people go
Where Powers Lake Township clocks in
23% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
Powers Lake Township makes things: 100% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Powers Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 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 Powers Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Powers Lake Township
of Powers Lake Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 7% 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 Powers Lake Township commutes less than 30 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Powers Lake Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Powers Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powers Lake Township | – | — | — | — | $96,000 |
| Sorkness Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Powers Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Bicker Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Colville Township | under 4% | — | — | 44 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sorkness Township, Powers Township, Bicker Township and Colville Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Powers 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 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 Powers Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Powers Lake Township?
$96,000 (±$76,923) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Powers Lake Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Powers Lake Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stanley (23%, 18 mi), Tioga Township (13%, 13 mi), Williston (10%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Powers 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 Powers Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Powers Lake 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.