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Jobs & commute in Rolling Prairie Township

Jobs and the daily commute in Rolling Prairie Township

0% of workers have no commute at all; North Dakota has 8%. Hardly any work in Rolling Prairie Township itself; outside it, Carrington draws the most (36%, 21 miles). The Census job records count 14 working residents of Rolling Prairie Township and no jobs based in it.

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

Day and night

Rolling Prairie Township by day and by night

On a workday 14 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

14live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night33
Workday19
33live here− 14head out to work+ 0come in to work= 19on a workday

About 19 people are in Rolling Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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

Where people from Rolling Prairie Township work

Thief River Falls: 1 residents work here (7%)Kensal: 1 residents work here (7%)Wishek: 1 residents work here (7%)New Rockford: 1 residents work here (7%)Carrington: 5 residents work here (36%)West Fargo: 1 residents work here (7%)Fargo: 3 residents work here (21%)Florance TownshipCarrington Township: 1 residents work here (7%)Glenfield TownshipRolling Prairie TownshipHaven TownshipMcKinnon TownshipCarringtonFargoThief River FallsKensalWishekNew RockfordRolling Prairie Township
1
Carrington21 mi away
36%5
2
Fargo95.7 mi away
21%3
37%1
4
Kensal10.1 mi away
7%1
5
Wishek91.8 mi away
7%1
6
New Rockford26.9 mi away
7%1
7
West Fargo92.7 mi away
7%1
87%1
The top trips

Where Rolling Prairie Township clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Rolling Prairie Township

Working from home
0%

of Rolling Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Rolling Prairie Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 9 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Where in the region Rolling Prairie Township works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miCarrington: 36% · 21 miFargo: 21% · 95.7 miThief River Falls: 7% · 125.1 miKensal: 7% · 10.1 miWishek: 7% · 91.8 miNew Rockford: 7% · 26.9 miWest Fargo: 7% · 92.7 miCarrington Township: 7% · 18.5 miCarrington 36%Fargo 21%Thief River Falls 7%Kensal 7%Wishek 7%Rolling Prairie Township
Rolling Prairie TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
50%10–24 mi7 residents
7%25–50 mi1 residents
43%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 43% 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

The towns around Rolling Prairie Township

Jobs & commute next door

TownRolling Prairie Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Rolling Prairie Township–————
Glenfield Townshipunder 8%——16 min—
McKinnon Townshipunder 8%————
Haven Townshipunder 8%————
Florance Townshipunder 8%————

Same-state neighbors only. Glenfield Township, McKinnon Township, Haven Township and Florance Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

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

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 Rolling Prairie Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Rolling Prairie Township?

0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Rolling Prairie Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrington (36%, 21 mi), Fargo (21%, 96 mi), Thief River Falls (7%, 125 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Rolling Prairie Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 23% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Rolling Prairie 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.