Midway Bridge · Photo: DeclanM123 · CC BY-SA 4.0Grand Forks draws about half of Strabane Township’s working residents
Only 2% work in Strabane Township; the top destination outside it is Grand Forks (47%, 27 miles). Home is the office for 19% of workers, next to 8% for North Dakota as a whole. Employers in Strabane Township report 63 jobs; 45 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Strabane Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 44 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Strabane Township on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 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.
Where Strabane Township goes to work
Where Strabane Township clocks in
47% of workers
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Strabane Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Strabane Township, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 63. 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 Strabane Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Strabane Township
of Strabane Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 19% 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.
Strabane Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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.
Strabane Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Strabane Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strabane Township | – | — | — | — | $118,542 |
| Inkster Township | under 3% | — | — | 10 min | — |
| Johnstown Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Inkster | under 3% | — | — | 44 min | — |
| Wheatfield Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Ops Township | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Inkster Township, Johnstown Township, Inkster, Wheatfield Township and Ops Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Strabane 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 Strabane Township: questions
What is the median household income in Strabane Township?
$118,542 (±$22,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Strabane Township?
14.5%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Strabane Township work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Strabane 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 Strabane Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Strabane 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.