Williston draws about half of Round Prairie Township’s working residents
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Hardly any stay in Round Prairie Township for work; outside it, Williston is the main destination (45%, 14 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Round Prairie Township apart on work
Where people from Round Prairie Township work
Where Round Prairie Township clocks in
45% 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.
Who works in Round Prairie Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 214 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 144 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Round Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.67 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.
Goods, not services: 88% of the jobs in Round Prairie Township
145 jobs are based in Round Prairie Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Round Prairie Township, 2013 → 2023: 192 → 145. 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 Round Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 16 minutes in Round Prairie Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Round Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 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 Round Prairie Township’s workers travel
About 20% 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 Round Prairie Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Round Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Prairie Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $168,000 |
| Judson Township | 8% | — | — | 10 min | — |
| Hardscrabble Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Hebron Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Judson Township, Hardscrabble Township and Hebron Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Judson Township. Darker towns draw more of Round Prairie 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 Round Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Round Prairie Township?
$168,000 (±$156,119) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Round Prairie Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Round Prairie Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Round Prairie Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williston (45%, 14 mi), Williston Township (8%, 12 mi), Judson Township (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Round Prairie 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 Round Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Round Prairie 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.