Speedwell Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Speedwell Township has 5 jobs for 11 working residents. Hardly any work in Speedwell Township itself; outside it, Harvey draws the most (36%, 28 miles). 0% of workers work from home; North Dakota has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Speedwell Township on a workday
On a workday 11 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Speedwell Township on a workday afternoon, 13% 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 people from Speedwell Township work
Where Speedwell Township clocks in
36% of workers
18% 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 Speedwell Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Speedwell Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 5. 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 Speedwell Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 9 minutes each way for Speedwell Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Speedwell Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 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 Speedwell Township goes to work
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.
Speedwell Township and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Speedwell Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speedwell Township | – | — | — | 9 min | — |
| Sykeston Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| Haaland Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| Berlin Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
| South Cottonwood Township | under 10% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sykeston Township, Haaland Township, Berlin Township and South Cottonwood Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Speedwell 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 Speedwell Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Speedwell Township?
20.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Speedwell Township?
9 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 Speedwell Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Harvey (36%, 28 mi), Bismarck (18%, 71 mi), Bowdon (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Speedwell 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 Speedwell Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Speedwell 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.