Where Sorkness Township earns its living
33% of workers have no commute at all, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%. Hardly any work in Sorkness Township itself; outside it, Stanley draws the most (33%, 15 miles). Employers in Sorkness Township report 7 jobs, and 9 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Sorkness Township
On a workday 9 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).
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 people from Sorkness Township work
Where Sorkness Township clocks in
33% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Jobs in Sorkness Township: what the 7 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sorkness Township, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 7. 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 Sorkness Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sorkness Township
of Sorkness Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 commuters (the 33% 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 Sorkness Township goes to work
About 44% 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.
Around Sorkness Township: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sorkness Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorkness Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Cottonwood Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| White Earth Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| Powers Lake Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| Manitou Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| Myrtle Township | under 12% | — | — | — | — |
| White Earth | under 12% | — | — | 11 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cottonwood Township, White Earth Township, Powers Lake Township, Manitou Township, Myrtle Township and White Earth: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sorkness 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 Sorkness Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Sorkness Township?
5.5%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sorkness Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stanley (33%, 15 mi), Beulah (11%, 90 mi), Dickinson (11%, 105 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sorkness 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 Sorkness Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sorkness 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.