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Jobs & commute in Walburg Township

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Walburg Township works elsewhere

There are 4 jobs in Walburg Township, and 36 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Walburg Township itself; outside it, Fargo draws the most (36%, 26 miles). For 36% of workers, the job is at home; North Dakota has 8%.

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

Day and night

Walburg Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.

36live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
4work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday100
140live here− 36head out to work+ 4come in to work= 100on a workday

About 100 people are in Walburg Township on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs 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 places Walburg Township commutes to

Elbow Lake: 1 residents work here (3%)Moorhead: 1 residents work here (3%)Buffalo: 1 residents work here (3%)Page: 4 residents work here (11%)Enderlin: 3 residents work here (8%)Casselton: 2 residents work here (6%)Valley CityMandan: 1 residents work here (3%)West Fargo: 4 residents work here (11%)Bismarck: 2 residents work here (6%)Fargo: 13 residents work here (36%)Leonard TownshipMaple River TownshipKinyon TownshipWatson TownshipWalburg TownshipEldred TownshipGill TownshipFargoPageWest FargoEnderlinCasseltonBismarckWalburg Township
1
Fargo25.9 mi away
36%13
2
Page28.9 mi away
11%4
3
West Fargo22.3 mi away
11%4
4
Enderlin15.1 mi away
8%3
5
Casselton11.3 mi away
6%2
6
Bismarck161.4 mi away
6%2
7
Elbow Lake, MN84.8 mi away
3%1
8
Moorhead, MN29.7 mi away
3%1
9
Buffalo14 mi away
3%1
10
Mandan167 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
11%4
The top trips

Where Walburg 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

Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Walburg Township

Jobs based in Walburg TownshipJobs Walburg Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%33%
Trade, transport & utilities0%25%
Services: health, schools, offices0%42%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less25%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%31%
Over $3,333 a month25%44%

Who does it

29 or younger50%22%
30 to 540%44%
55 and older50%33%
+300%

Jobs based in Walburg Township, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 4. 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 Walburg Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Walburg Township

Working from home
36%

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

About 4 in 10
How Walburg Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 76 commuters (the 36% 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

The distance from Walburg Township to work

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFargo: 36% · 25.9 miPage: 11% · 28.9 miWest Fargo: 11% · 22.3 miEnderlin: 8% · 15.1 miCasselton: 6% · 11.3 miBismarck: 6% · 161.4 miElbow Lake: 3% · 84.8 miMoorhead: 3% · 29.7 miBuffalo: 3% · 14 miMandan: 3% · 167 miFargo 36%Page 11%West Fargo 11%Enderlin 8%Casselton 6%Walburg Township
Walburg TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi2 residents
37%10–24 mi13 residents
46%25–50 mi16 residents
11%Over 50 mi4 residents

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

Walburg Township and its neighbors

Jobs & commute next door

TownWalburg Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Walburg Township–————
Maple River Townshipunder 3%————
Watson Townshipunder 3%————
Gill Townshipunder 3%——24 min—
Eldred Townshipunder 3%——100 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Maple River Township, Watson Township, Gill Township and Eldred Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Walburg 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 Walburg Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Walburg Township?

3.5%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Walburg Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fargo (36%, 26 mi), Page (11%, 29 mi), West Fargo (11%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Walburg Township

Walburg 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.