Ransom Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
12 jobs are based in Ransom Township, and 38 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Ransom Township itself; outside it, Gwinner draws the most (21%, 15 miles). Working residents average 15 minutes each way; North Dakota averages 18, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Ransom Township by day
On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 49 people are in Ransom 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Ransom Township goes to work
Where Ransom Township clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Ransom Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ransom Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 12. 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 Ransom Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Ransom Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ransom Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ransom Township
About 45% 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 to Ransom Township
The biggest share goes to Rutland (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ransom Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ransom Township | – | — | — | 15 min | $179,375 |
| Kingston Township | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Shuman Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Rutland | 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Tewaukon Township | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Cayuga | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Rutland Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kingston Township, Shuman Township, Rutland, Tewaukon Township, Cayuga and Rutland Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ransom 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 Ransom Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ransom Township?
$179,375 (±$169,017) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ransom Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ransom Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ransom Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gwinner (21%, 15 mi), Fargo (16%, 62 mi), Forman (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ransom 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 Ransom Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ransom 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.