Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Williston Township has some of the highest household incomes of any U.S. town
Measured by household income, Williston Township is among the highest-earning towns in the country. Jobs and income earn Williston Township A; getting around on foot earns it B. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where North Dakota as a whole has 8%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Williston Township: the figures worth knowing
Williston Township fills up on a workday
Williston Township has 2,355 jobs, 3.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,800 people are in town, more than double the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Much of Williston Township works one town over
60% of working residents work in a town that borders Williston Township: Williston (51%), Judson Township (7%) and Missouri Ridge Township (2%). Next door ↓
Most Williston Township residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 680 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Williston Township
On income, poverty and job access, Williston Township is better than 93% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Williston Township’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Williston Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The Census reports Williston Township’s median household income as $250,000+, the top of its scale; the grade ranks it as tied with the 111 other graded places at that ceiling.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Williston Township stays A.
Williston Township by day and by night
On a workday 623 residents head out to work, 57 work right here, and 2,298 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Williston Township on a workday afternoon, 150% more than live here.
3.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
How many miles Williston Township commutes
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.
Where the people who work in Williston Township live
Where Williston Township clocks in
51% of workers
3% 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.
Making and building: 64% of jobs based in Williston Township
2,355 jobs are based in Williston Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Williston Township, 2013 → 2023: 3,616 → 2,355. 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 Williston Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Williston Township’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Williston Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 833 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.
Most of Williston Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Williston Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.2% across North Dakota, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 833 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). 0.0% of Williston Township households have no vehicle (North Dakota 5.9%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Williston Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Williston Township is 122nd of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Reed Township ND | 1,151 | $131K | 0.4% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Dane WI | 1,119 | $108K | 3.9% | 0.5% | <1% | A |
| 121 | Coburg OR | 1,373 | $98K | 1.5% | 8.9% | 5% | A |
| 122 | Williston Township ND | 1,116 | $250K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| 123 | Dale Township IL | 1,232 | $133K | 3.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 124 | Montrose WI | 1,024 | $102K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 240 | Sundre Township ND | 1,024 | $107K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 257 | Thompson ND | 1,100 | $118K | 1.5% | 0.6% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Williston Township, the top three, the last and three more from North Dakota.
Next door is work for 60% of Williston Township
The biggest share goes to Williston (51%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Williston Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williston Township | – | A | B | 18 min | $250,000+ |
| Williston | 51% | B− | B+ | 18 min | $79,381 |
| Tri Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Judson Township | 7% | — | — | 10 min | — |
| Stony Creek Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Missouri Ridge Township | 2% | C | D | 14 min | $124,864 |
| Trenton Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tri Township, Judson Township, Stony Creek Township and Trenton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Williston 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.
- A ceiling on income. The Census stops at $250,000+, so the true median may be higher.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Williston Township: questions
What is the median household income in Williston Township?
$250,000+ (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Williston Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Williston Township?
18 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 Williston Township work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Williston (51%, 2 mi), Judson Township (7%, 5 mi), Fargo (3%, 333 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Williston Township walkable?
Williston Township is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Williston 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 Williston Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Williston 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.