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Jobs & commute in Agram Township

Agram Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each

Hardly any work in Agram Township itself; outside it, Little Falls draws the most (15%, 9 miles). There are 47 jobs in Agram Township, and 213 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

What the numbers say about work in Agram Township

Agram Township is a place people come home to

There are 47 jobs based in Agram Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Agram Township has about 410 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Agram Township workers spend longer getting to work

The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓

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 213 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

How many people are in Agram Township by day

On a workday 211 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.

211live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
45work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night570
Workday410
570live here− 210head out to work+ 45come in to work= 410on a workday

About 410 people are in Agram Township on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.22jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

Time on the road

A commute of about 30 minutes in Agram Township

A year of commuting
228 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Agram Township30 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
12%

of Agram Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Agram Township gets to work
88%Drive alone
12%Carpool

Share of the 232 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% 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 map

Where people from Agram Township work

LastrupPierz: 25 residents work here (12%)Foley: 8 residents work here (4%)Rice: 6 residents work here (3%)Sauk Rapids: 5 residents work here (2%)Little Falls: 32 residents work here (15%)Sartell: 5 residents work here (2%)Willmar: 5 residents work here (2%)Brainerd: 8 residents work here (4%)St. Cloud: 25 residents work here (12%)Agram TownshipBelle Prairie TownshipBuckman TownshipLakin TownshipLittle Falls TownshipMorrill Township: 6 residents work here (3%)Granite TownshipPierz TownshipPulaski TownshipLittle FallsPierzSt. CloudFoleyBrainerdRiceAgram Township
1
Little Falls9.4 mi away
15%32
2
Pierz3.7 mi away
12%25
3
St. Cloud29.2 mi away
12%25
4
Foley23.3 mi away
4%8
5
Brainerd28.1 mi away
4%8
6
Rice13.6 mi away
3%6
7
Morrill Township11.9 mi away
3%6
8
Sauk Rapids24.5 mi away
2%5
9
Sartell23 mi away
2%5
10
Willmar71.6 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%88
The top trips

Where Agram Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

The kinds of work in Agram Township

Jobs based in Agram TownshipJobs Agram Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms26%25%
Trade, transport & utilities26%20%
Services: health, schools, offices49%54%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%20%
Over $3,333 a month55%64%

Who does it

29 or younger13%27%
30 to 5453%49%
55 and older34%24%
+147%

Jobs based in Agram Township, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 47. 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 Agram Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

The commute from Agram Township, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLittle Falls: 15% · 9.4 miPierz: 12% · 3.7 miSt. Cloud: 12% · 29.2 miFoley: 4% · 23.3 miBrainerd: 4% · 28.1 miRice: 3% · 13.6 miMorrill Township: 3% · 11.9 miSauk Rapids: 2% · 24.5 miSartell: 2% · 23 miWillmar: 2% · 71.6 miLittle Falls 15%Pierz 12%St. Cloud 12%Foley 4%Brainerd 4%Agram Township
Agram TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi61 residents
25%10–24 mi53 residents
30%25–50 mi63 residents
17%Over 50 mi36 residents

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.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Agram Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Little Falls Township27 min
Pierz Township29 min
Agram Township30 min
Buckman Township34 min
Belle Prairie Township35 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownAgram Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Agram Township–——30 min$87,500
Pierz Townshipunder 3%——29 min—
Buckman Townshipunder 3%——34 min—
Little Falls Townshipunder 3%B+D−27 min$108,333
Belle Prairie Townshipunder 3%——35 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Pierz Township, Buckman Township and Belle Prairie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Agram Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Agram Township: questions

What is the median household income in Agram Township?

$87,500 (±$21,840) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Agram Township?

2.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Agram Township?

30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Agram Township work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Little Falls (15%, 9 mi), Pierz (12%, 4 mi), St. Cloud (12%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Agram Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Agram Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Agram Township

Agram Township home →

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.