Truax Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Truax Township; the top destination outside it is Williston (32%, 17 miles). Truax Township has 19 jobs, against 111 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; North Dakota has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Truax Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Truax Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
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 people from Truax Township work
Where Truax Township clocks in
32% of workers
9% 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.
79% of the jobs in Truax Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Truax Township, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 19. 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 Truax Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Truax Township: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Truax Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 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.
Half of Truax Township commutes less than 20 miles
About 17% 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.
Work in the towns next to Truax Township
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Truax Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truax Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $137,115 |
| Twin Valley Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Brooklyn Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Twelve Mile Township | under 2% | — | — | 63 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Twin Valley Township, Brooklyn Township and Twelve Mile Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Truax 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 Truax Township: questions
What is the median household income in Truax Township?
$137,115 (±$34,256) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Truax Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Truax 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 Truax Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williston (32%, 17 mi), Williston Township (9%, 20 mi), Judson Township (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Truax 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 Truax Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Truax 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.