Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Ypsilanti commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Ypsilanti has 2 jobs; 40 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Ypsilanti; the top destination outside it is Jamestown (35%, 10 miles). 0% of workers work from home, 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
Ypsilanti quiets down on a workday
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17 people are in Ypsilanti on a workday afternoon, 69% 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.
The towns that employ Ypsilanti’s residents
Where Ypsilanti clocks in
35% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Ypsilanti are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ypsilanti, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 2. 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 Ypsilanti’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Ypsilanti
of Ypsilanti workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 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.
Half of Ypsilanti commutes less than 25 miles
About 33% 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.
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 Ypsilanti: questions
What is the poverty rate in Ypsilanti?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ypsilanti work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (35%, 10 mi), Bismarck (8%, 104 mi), Fargo (5%, 82 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ypsilanti 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 Ypsilanti, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ypsilanti
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.