A job hub: Woodbury Township has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 189 people come in to work
A typical one-way commute from Woodbury Township lasts 25 minutes (North Dakota 18, U.S. 26). Employers in Woodbury Township report 193 jobs, and 101 of its residents work somewhere. At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (North Dakota 8%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Woodbury Township fills up on a workday
On a workday 97 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 310 people are in Woodbury Township on a workday afternoon, 42% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Woodbury Township: where workers come from
Where Woodbury Township clocks in
39% of workers
13% 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.
In Woodbury Township, 48% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodbury Township, 2014 → 2024: 426 → 193. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodbury Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Woodbury Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodbury Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 111 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.
The commute from Woodbury Township, by distance
About 39% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bordering towns draw 39% of Woodbury Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woodbury Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodbury Township | – | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Jamestown | 39% | C− | A− | 11 min | $56,554 |
| Sydney Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lippert Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Homer Township | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sydney Township, Lippert Township and Homer Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jamestown. Darker towns draw more of Woodbury 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 2024, 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 Woodbury Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Woodbury Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodbury Township?
25 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 Woodbury Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (39%, 6 mi), Fargo (13%, 92 mi), Bismarck (7%, 95 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Woodbury 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 Woodbury Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodbury Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.