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Jobs & commute in Stavanger Township

Stavanger Township draws 153 commuters a day, with 3.7 jobs for every working resident

For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 8% across North Dakota. Stavanger Township has 154 jobs, against 42 working residents. Only 2% work in Stavanger Township itself; outside it, Grand Forks draws the most (31%, 20 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The workday shuffle in and out of Stavanger Township

On a workday 41 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.

41live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
153work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday220
110live here− 41head out to work+ 150come in to work= 220on a workday

About 220 people are in Stavanger Township on a workday afternoon, 106% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
3.67jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The daily trip into Stavanger Township

Buxton: 11 workers live here (7%)Thompson: 3 workers live here (2%)Hatton: 13 workers live here (8%)ReynoldsHillsboro: 4 workers live here (3%)Northwood: 4 workers live here (3%)Mayville: 17 workers live here (11%)West FargoGrand Forks: 27 workers live here (18%)Fargo: 7 workers live here (5%)Garfield Township: 3 workers live here (2%)Buxton TownshipStavanger TownshipWold Township: 5 workers live here (3%)Ervin TownshipReed TownshipAmericus TownshipBelmont TownshipGrand ForksMayvilleHattonBuxtonFargoWold TownshipStavanger Township
1
Grand Forks20.3 mi away
18%27
2
Mayville16.6 mi away
11%17
3
Hatton20.1 mi away
8%13
4
Buxton3.8 mi away
7%11
5
Fargo53.6 mi away
5%7
6
Wold Township8.5 mi away
3%5
7
Hillsboro15.7 mi away
3%4
8
Northwood26 mi away
3%4
9
Thompson10.7 mi away
2%3
10
Garfield Township17.8 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%60
The top trips

Where Stavanger Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Stavanger Township makes things: 71% of its jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Stavanger TownshipJobs Stavanger Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms71%26%
Trade, transport & utilities0%19%
Services: health, schools, offices29%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less14%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%38%
Over $3,333 a month66%50%

Who does it

29 or younger25%17%
30 to 5456%57%
55 and older19%26%
+7600%

Jobs based in Stavanger Township, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 154. 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 Stavanger Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Stavanger Township takes about 24 minutes

A year of commuting
186 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Stavanger Township24 min
North Dakota18 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Stavanger Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Stavanger Township gets to work
93%Drive alone
7%Carpool

Share of the 61 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

Short hops and long hauls from Stavanger Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miGrand Forks: 31% · 20.3 miMayville: 19% · 16.6 miWest Fargo: 7% · 53.5 miHillsboro: 5% · 15.7 miFargo: 5% · 53.6 miGarfield Township: 5% · 17.8 miReed Township: 5% · 47.9 miBuxton: 2% · 3.8 miHatton: 2% · 20.1 miReynolds: 2% · 4.6 miGrand Forks 31%Mayville 19%West Fargo 7%Hillsboro 5%Fargo 5%Stavanger Township
Stavanger TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi4 residents
67%10–24 mi28 residents
2%25–50 mi1 residents
21%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 21% 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.

Next door

The towns around Stavanger Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Belmont Township8 min
Stavanger Township24 min
Americus Township25 min
Ervin Township30 min
Buxton Township31 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownStavanger Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Stavanger Township–——24 min$164,000
Ervin Townshipunder 3%——30 min—
Buxton Townshipunder 3%——31 min—
Belmont Townshipunder 3%——8 min—
Americus Townshipunder 3%——25 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Ervin Township, Buxton Township, Belmont Township and Americus Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Stavanger Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Stavanger Township: questions

What is the median household income in Stavanger Township?

$164,000 (±$69,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Stavanger Township?

0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Stavanger Township?

24 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 Stavanger Township work?

2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Forks (31%, 20 mi), Mayville (19%, 17 mi), West Fargo (7%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Stavanger 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 Stavanger Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Stavanger Township

Stavanger Township home →

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.