Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Work means Williston for about two in five of Springbrook Township’s working residents
The average commute takes 36 minutes each way, where North Dakota has 18 and the U.S. 26. Only 1% stay in Springbrook Township for work; outside it, Williston is the main destination (43%, 11 miles). Employers in Springbrook Township report 114 jobs, and 91 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Springbrook Township by day and by night
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Springbrook Township on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 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.
Commuting out of Springbrook Township: the destinations
Where Springbrook Township clocks in
43% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springbrook Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 114. 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 Springbrook Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Springbrook Township, about 36 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springbrook Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 commuters (the 6% 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 Springbrook Township’s workers travel
About 24% 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.
Springbrook Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Stony Creek Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springbrook Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springbrook Township | – | — | — | 36 min | $182,143 |
| Epping | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Twelve Mile Township | under 3% | — | — | 63 min | — |
| Pherrin Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Marshall Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Brooklyn Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Stony Creek Township | 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Epping, Twelve Mile Township, Pherrin Township, Marshall Township, Brooklyn Township and Stony Creek Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Springbrook 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 Springbrook Township: questions
What is the median household income in Springbrook Township?
$182,143 (±$80,557) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springbrook Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springbrook Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springbrook Township work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Springbrook 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 Springbrook Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springbrook 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.