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Jobs & commute in Torning Township

Minot draws more than half of Torning Township’s working residents

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 8% across North Dakota. Hardly any work in Torning Township itself; outside it, Minot draws the most (57%, 15 miles). No jobs are based in Torning Township in the Census job records; 21 of its residents work elsewhere.

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

Day and night

Torning Township quiets down on a workday

On a workday 21 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

21live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night61
Workday40
61live here− 21head out to work+ 0come in to work= 40on a workday

About 40 people are in Torning Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Where Torning Township goes to work

Wilton: 1 residents work here (5%)Turtle Lake: 1 residents work here (5%)Velva: 1 residents work here (5%)Bismarck: 2 residents work here (10%)Minot: 12 residents work here (57%)Burt TownshipVang TownshipHarrison Township: 1 residents work here (5%)Freedom TownshipWhitteron Township: 1 residents work here (5%)Torning TownshipRice Lake TownshipHilton TownshipRolling Green TownshipMinot AFB: 1 residents work here (5%)MinotBismarckWiltonTurtle LakeVelvaHarrison TownshipTorning Township
1
Minot14.8 mi away
57%12
2
Bismarck93 mi away
10%2
3
Wilton71 mi away
5%1
4
Turtle Lake46.9 mi away
5%1
5
Velva25.4 mi away
5%1
65%1
7
Whitteron Township73.7 mi away
5%1
8
Minot AFB24.9 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
5%1
The top trips

Where Torning 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Torning Township

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Torning Township gets to work
87%Drive alone
13%Carpool

Share of the 15 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Torning Township

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMinot: 57% · 14.8 miBismarck: 10% · 93 miWilton: 5% · 71 miTurtle Lake: 5% · 46.9 miVelva: 5% · 25.4 miHarrison Township: 5% · 13 miWhitteron Township: 5% · 73.7 miMinot AFB: 5% · 24.9 miMinot 57%Bismarck 10%Wilton 5%Turtle Lake 5%Velva 5%Torning Township
Torning TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
67%10–24 mi14 residents
10%25–50 mi2 residents
24%Over 50 mi5 residents

About 24% 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

Torning Township and its neighbors

Jobs & commute next door

TownTorning Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Torning Township–———$74,583
Vang Townshipunder 5%————
Freedom Townshipunder 5%——15 min—
Rice Lake Townshipunder 5%————
Burt Townshipunder 5%————
Hilton Townshipunder 5%——41 min—
Rolling Green Townshipunder 5%————

Same-state neighbors only. Vang Township, Freedom Township, Rice Lake Township, Burt Township, Hilton Township and Rolling Green Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Torning 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 Torning Township: questions

What is the median household income in Torning Township?

$74,583 (±$5,329) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Torning Township?

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

Where do people who live in Torning Township work?

0% work in town.

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Torning Township

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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.