Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Stanley (1.3%) is lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Stanley is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (B−). Measured by household income, Stanley is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns. About one in four work in Stanley; the top destination outside it is New Town (5%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Stanley stands out on work
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Stanley
Unemployment holds Stanley’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stanley could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The distance from Stanley to work
About 30% 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.
How a workday changes Stanley
On a workday 654 residents head out to work, 260 work right here, and 973 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Stanley on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 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.
Out of Stanley to work: where people go
Where Stanley clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
65% of the jobs in Stanley pay over $3,333 a month
1,233 jobs are based in Stanley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanley, 2013 → 2023: 1,467 → 1,233. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Stanley takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanley workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,095 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.
Most trips from Stanley start in a car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.2% across North Dakota.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,163 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.5% of Stanley households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stanley’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stanley next to U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900: 1,322nd of 5,404 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 389 | Gibbs Township ND | 2,856 | $156K | 1.4% | 2.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 765 | Harrison Township ND | 1,734 | $122K | 5.1% | 5.2% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,101 | Casselton ND | 2,485 | $73K | 7.1% | 0.9% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,320 | Cape Carteret NC | 2,273 | $86K | 6.1% | 1.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,321 | Youngsville NC | 2,461 | $87K | 14.3% | 1.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,322 | Stanley ND | 2,181 | $110K | 8.4% | 1.3% | 28% | B+ |
| 1,323 | Burlington Township MN | 1,718 | $106K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,324 | Delaware Township OH | 2,009 | $91K | 5.1% | 0.2% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Stanley, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
Around Stanley: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Idaho Township (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stanley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley | – | B+ | B− | 17 min | $109,573 |
| Idaho Township | 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Ross Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Idaho Township and Ross Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stanley’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: questions
What is the median household income in Stanley?
$109,573 (±$32,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanley?
8.4%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanley?
17 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 Stanley work?
28% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Town (5%, 23 mi), Tioga (5%, 26 mi), Minot (4%, 52 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stanley walkable?
Stanley is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 9.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stanley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanley
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.