Most of Whitteron Township commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers; North Dakota has 8%. There are 68 jobs in Whitteron Township for 165 working residents. Only 5% work in Whitteron Township itself; outside it, Bottineau draws the most (40%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Whitteron Township
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Whitteron Township on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 Whitteron Township’s working residents head each day
Where Whitteron Township clocks in
40% 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.
The kinds of work in Whitteron Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitteron Township, 2013 → 2023: 100 → 68. 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 Whitteron Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Whitteron Township: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitteron Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 221 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 Whitteron Township goes to work
About 30% 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.
47% of Whitteron Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitteron Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitteron Township | – | — | — | 15 min | $130,500 |
| Bottineau | 40% | C+ | A | 16 min | $65,905 |
| Cordelia Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Amity Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Roland Township | 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Pickering Township | 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cordelia Township, Amity Township, Roland Township and Pickering Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bottineau. Darker towns draw more of Whitteron 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 Whitteron Township: questions
What is the median household income in Whitteron Township?
$130,500 (±$69,987) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitteron Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitteron Township?
15 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 Whitteron Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bottineau (40%, 3 mi), Minot (6%, 59 mi), Roland Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Whitteron 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 Whitteron Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitteron 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.