Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Reed Township’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Reed Township are A+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Hardly any work in Reed Township itself; outside it, Fargo draws the most (60%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes, where North Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Reed Township: the figures worth knowing
Much of Reed Township works one town over
76% of working residents work in a town that borders Reed Township: Fargo (60%) and West Fargo (16%). Next door ↓
Most Reed Township residents work close to home
81% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Reed Township is where the jobs are
Reed Township has 1,234 jobs, 2.9 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,000 people are in town, 70% more than the 1,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 433 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Reed Township earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Reed Township is better than 97% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (0.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Reed Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Reed Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
How many miles Reed Township commutes
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Reed Township
On a workday 429 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 1,230 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Reed Township on a workday afternoon, 70% more than live here.
2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Commuting in to Reed Township: where workers come from
Where Reed Township clocks in
60% of workers
16% of workers
3% 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.
The 1,234 jobs based in Reed Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reed Township, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 1,234. 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 Reed Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Reed Township takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reed Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 557 commuters (the 10% 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.
Reed Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Reed Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.2% across North Dakota, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 617 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.8% of Reed Township households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Reed Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Reed Township ranks 80th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Roland AR | 1,147 | $175K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 79 | Tiki Island TX | 1,119 | $129K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 80 | Reed Township ND | 1,151 | $131K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 81 | Mogul NV | 1,050 | $145K | 2.3% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 82 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 144 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 287 | Sundre Township ND | 1,024 | $107K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 304 | Thompson ND | 1,100 | $118K | 1.5% | 0.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Reed Township, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
Work next door: 76% of Reed Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reed Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reed Township | – | A+ | C | 20 min | $130,938 |
| Fargo | 60% | B− | A | 16 min | $66,998 |
| Harwood | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| West Fargo | 16% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $90,665 |
| Reile's Acres | under 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Raymond Township | under 1% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Harwood Township | under 1% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| North River | under 1% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harwood, Raymond Township, Harwood Township and North River: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Reile's Acres: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fargo. Darker towns draw more of Reed 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 Reed Township: questions
What is the median household income in Reed Township?
$130,938 (±$48,210) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reed Township?
0.4%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reed Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reed Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (60%, 6 mi), West Fargo (16%, 6 mi), Moorhead (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Reed Township walkable?
Reed Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reed Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reed Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reed 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.