Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0Ypsilanti Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers (North Dakota 8%). There are 5 jobs in Ypsilanti Township, and 56 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Ypsilanti Township itself; outside it, Jamestown draws the most (39%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Ypsilanti Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 56 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 82 people are in Ypsilanti Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 people from Ypsilanti Township work
Where Ypsilanti Township clocks in
39% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Ypsilanti Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ypsilanti Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 5. 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 Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Ypsilanti Township
of Ypsilanti Township workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Ypsilanti Township
About 29% 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.
Work in the towns next to Ypsilanti Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ypsilanti Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ypsilanti Township | – | — | — | — | $116,429 |
| Corwin Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Winfield Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Manns Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Meadow Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Corwin Township, Winfield Township, Manns Township and Meadow Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ypsilanti 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 Ypsilanti Township: questions
What is the median household income in Ypsilanti Township?
$116,429 (±$514) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ypsilanti Township?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Ypsilanti Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jamestown (39%, 14 mi), Medina (5%, 39 mi), Bismarck (5%, 107 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ypsilanti 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 Ypsilanti Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ypsilanti 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.