Work means Valley City for about two in three of Skandia Township’s working residents
3 jobs are based in Skandia Township for 7 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all; North Dakota has 8%. Hardly any work in Skandia Township; the top destination outside it is Valley City (71%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Skandia Township
On a workday 7 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24 people are in Skandia Township on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.43 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.
Commuting out of Skandia Township: the destinations
Where Skandia Township clocks in
71% 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.
Goods jobs make up 67% of work in Skandia 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 Skandia Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Skandia Township
of Skandia Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8 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.
Where in the region Skandia Township works
About 29% 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 Skandia Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Skandia Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skandia Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Svea Township | under 15% | — | — | — | — |
| Spring Creek Township | under 15% | — | — | — | — |
| Nelson Township | under 15% | — | — | — | — |
| Green Township | under 15% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Svea Township, Spring Creek Township, Nelson Township and Green Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Skandia 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 Skandia Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Skandia Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Skandia Township work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Skandia 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 Skandia Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Skandia 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.