Most of Shenford Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Shenford Township; the top destination outside it is Enderlin (29%, 11 miles). Shenford Township has 16 jobs for 45 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Shenford Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Shenford Township on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer 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.
Where Shenford Township’s working residents head each day
Where Shenford Township clocks in
29% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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: 100% of the jobs in Shenford Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Shenford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Shenford Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shenford Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 79 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.
The commute from Shenford Township, by distance
About 27% 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 to Shenford Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shenford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shenford Township | – | — | — | 20 min | $146,250 |
| Scoville Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Owego Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Greene Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Big Bend Township | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Casey Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Scoville Township, Owego Township, Greene Township, Big Bend Township and Casey Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shenford 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 Shenford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Shenford Township?
$146,250 (±$41,943) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shenford Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shenford Township?
20 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 Shenford Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Enderlin (29%, 11 mi), Fargo (13%, 41 mi), Lisbon (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shenford 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 Shenford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shenford 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.