Minot draws more than half of Rice Lake Township’s working residents
For 9% of workers, the job is at home (North Dakota 8%). Hardly any work in Rice Lake Township itself; outside it, Minot draws the most (59%, 21 miles). There are 5 jobs in Rice Lake Township, and 27 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Rice Lake Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 27 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 55 people are in Rice Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.19 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.
Where Rice Lake Township goes to work
Where Rice Lake Township clocks in
11% of workers
4% 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: 60% of the jobs in Rice Lake Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rice Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 5. 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 Rice Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Rice Lake Township
of Rice Lake Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 29 commuters (the 9% 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.
The distance from Rice Lake Township to work
About 30% 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 Rice Lake Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rice Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice Lake Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Anna Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Cameron Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Hilton Township | under 4% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Torning Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
| Vang Township | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Anna Township, Cameron Township, Hilton Township, Torning Township and Vang Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rice 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 Rice Lake Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rice Lake Township?
15.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Rice Lake Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Rice 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 Rice Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rice 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.