Minot draws more than half of Sundre Township’s working residents
The two grades for Sundre Township are A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Sundre Township is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. Only 2% work in Sundre Township itself; outside it, Minot draws the most (52%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sundre Township in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Sundre Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Sundre Township fell from 316 in 2013 to 165 in 2023, −48%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Most Sundre Township residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 534 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Sundre Township
On income, poverty and job access, Sundre Township is better than 85% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Sundre Township’s grade up (1.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Sundre Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sundre Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Goods, not services: 43% of the jobs in Sundre Township
165 jobs are based in Sundre Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sundre Township, 2013 → 2023: 316 → 165. 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 Sundre Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Sundre Township, by distance
About 29% 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.
In and out of Sundre Township on a workday
On a workday 523 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Sundre Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Sundre Township goes to work
Where Sundre Township clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
Commuting from Sundre Township: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sundre Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 439 commuters (the 2% 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 of Sundre Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sundre Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 448 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 Sundre Township households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sundre Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Sundre Township is 184th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Reed Township ND | 1,151 | $131K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 182 | Mahinahina HI | 1,027 | $163K | 1.8% | 6.3% | 1% | A |
| 183 | Monroe Township IN | 1,315 | $128K | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 184 | Sundre Township ND | 1,024 | $107K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 185 | Alto WI | 1,046 | $106K | 1.0% | 0.9% | 5% | A |
| 186 | Rossville TN | 1,215 | $120K | 7.3% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 200 | Thompson ND | 1,100 | $118K | 1.5% | 0.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Sundre Township, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
57% of Sundre Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sundre Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundre Township | – | A | D | 24 min | $107,218 |
| New Prairie Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Afton Township | 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Minot | 52% | B− | B+ | 20 min | $73,219 |
| Nedrose Township | 3% | B+ | C− | 18 min | $123,967 |
| Willis Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Surrey Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New Prairie Township, Afton Township, Willis Township and Surrey Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Minot. Darker towns draw more of Sundre 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 Sundre Township: questions
What is the median household income in Sundre Township?
$107,218 (±$24,533) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sundre Township?
1.4%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sundre Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sundre Township work?
2% work in town.
Is Sundre Township walkable?
Sundre Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sundre Township 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 Sundre Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sundre 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. 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.