Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Ross Township draws 128 commuters a day, with 2.4 jobs for every working resident
131 jobs are based in Ross Township, against 55 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ross Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 52 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 160 people are in Ross Township on a workday afternoon, 93% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Ross Township
Where Ross Township clocks in
27% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
Ross Township makes things: 50% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ross Township, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 131. 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 Ross Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Ross Township
About 36% 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.
27% of Ross Township works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ross Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Manitou Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Alger Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Idaho Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Stanley | 27% | B+ | B− | 17 min | $109,573 |
| James Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Cottonwood Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Manitou Township, Alger Township, Idaho Township, James Hill Township and Cottonwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Stanley. Darker towns draw more of Ross 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 Ross Township: questions
Where do people who live in Ross Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stanley (27%, 4 mi), Bismarck (5%, 132 mi), Fargo (5%, 283 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ross Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ross 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.