Waterford Township’s family incomes are lower than in 72% of U.S. towns
Leaving out college students, 2.1% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 9.5% for North Dakota as a whole. For jobs and income Waterford Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (B+). Only 4% work in Waterford Township; the top destination outside it is Minot (39%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Waterford Township: the gist
Waterford Township and Minot trade workers both ways
Minot is the top workplace for Waterford Township residents (39%) and also where the most people who work in Waterford Township come from (51% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
50% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Waterford Township are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 18 across North Dakota. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical North Dakota worker. Time on the road ↓
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 293 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Waterford Township’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Waterford Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
16% of Waterford Township’s residents are college students, and off-campus students count in the Census poverty figures. Where students are 15% or more of the people the Census checks for poverty (18% here), the grade uses the rate without them: 2.1%, against 1.5% for all residents. Unemployment (0.0%) is left out here: students looking for part-time work count as unemployed. Income is ranked as median family income ($76,750), since student households pull the household median down ($69,485).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for family income and poverty, Waterford Township could be anywhere from C+ to B.
The towns that employ Waterford Township’s residents
Where Waterford Township clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Waterford Township
About 50% 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.
Getting to work from Waterford Township takes about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waterford Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,301 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.
In and out of Waterford Township on a workday
On a workday 280 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 278 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 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.
The kinds of work in Waterford Township
291 jobs are based in Waterford Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waterford Township, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 291. 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 Waterford Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Waterford Township: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.2% across North Dakota, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,328 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). 1.9% of Waterford Township households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Waterford Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Waterford Township is 2,266th of 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 380 | Gibbs Township ND | 2,856 | $156K | 1.4% | 2.9% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 768 | Harrison Township ND | 1,734 | $122K | 5.1% | 5.2% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,106 | Casselton ND | 2,485 | $73K | 7.1% | 0.9% | 19% | B+ |
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| 2,264 | East Quincy CA | 2,723 | $70K | 5.6% | 2.9% | 28% | B− |
| 2,265 | Mountain Iron MN | 2,835 | $83K | 11.5% | 3.3% | 21% | B− |
| 2,266 | Waterford Township ND | 2,404 | $69K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,267 | Liberty Grove WI | 2,130 | $80K | 3.8% | 3.7% | 21% | B− |
| 2,268 | Park Center CO | 2,588 | $72K | 11.5% | 1.3% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Waterford Township, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
How Waterford Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waterford Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford Township | – | B− | B+ | 11 min | $69,485 |
| Tatman Township | under 2% | B− | C | 9 min | $61,216 |
| St. Marys Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Van Buren Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Marys Township and Van Buren Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waterford 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.
- Students. 16% of residents are college students; the poverty input leaves off-campus students out (above).
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Waterford Township: questions
What is the median household income in Waterford Township?
$69,485 (±$19,405) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waterford Township?
1.5% of residents live below the poverty line; leaving out college students, 2.1%. North Dakota: 10.8%.
How long is the commute from Waterford Township?
11 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 Waterford Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minot (39%, 13 mi), Fargo (10%, 238 mi), Minot AFB (7%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Waterford Township walkable?
Waterford Township is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Waterford Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waterford Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waterford 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.