About two in three of Stanley Township’s working residents commute to Fargo
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; North Dakota has 8%. Only 2% work in Stanley Township; the top destination outside it is Fargo (71%, 8 miles). Working residents average 18 minutes each way, about the same as across North Dakota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Stanley Township in brief
More than half of Stanley Township works in Fargo
431 working residents, 71%, have their main job in Fargo, 8 miles away across the town line. That’s 36 times as many as work in Stanley Township itself. The commute map ↓
Most Stanley Township residents work close to home
83% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
43% of the jobs in Stanley Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 605 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Stanley Township’s working residents head each day
Where Stanley Township clocks in
71% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
The commute from Stanley Township, by distance
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.
66% of the jobs in Stanley Township pay over $3,333 a month
701 jobs are based in Stanley Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanley Township, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 701. 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 Stanley Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Stanley Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 594 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 690 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Stanley Township on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 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.
About 18 minutes to work from Stanley Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanley Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 182 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.
73% of Stanley Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stanley Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $162,409 |
| Fargo | 71% | B− | A | 16 min | $66,998 |
| Horace | 2% | A+ | C− | 29 min | $138,578 |
| Pleasant Township | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Frontier | under 1% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Briarwood | under 1% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Warren Township | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasant Township, Frontier, Briarwood and Warren Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fargo. Darker towns draw more of Stanley 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 Stanley Township: questions
What is the median household income in Stanley Township?
$162,409 (±$73,143) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanley Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanley Township?
18 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 Stanley Township work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Stanley Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 36% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanley Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanley 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.