Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Alango Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For 10% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Minnesota. Alango Township has 15 jobs, and 123 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Alango Township for work; outside it, Hibbing is the main destination (15%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Alango Township
On a workday 123 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Alango Township on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 Alango Township’s working residents head each day
Where Alango Township clocks in
15% 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: 40% of jobs based in Alango Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alango Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 15. 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 Alango Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Alango Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alango Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 105 commuters (the 10% 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 from Alango Township, by distance
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.
Around Alango Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alango Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alango Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $65,000 |
| Angora Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Field Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Sturgeon Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Angora Township, Field Township and Sturgeon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alango 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 Alango Township: questions
What is the median household income in Alango Township?
$65,000 (±$9,495) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alango Township?
15.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alango Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alango Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hibbing (15%, 27 mi), Mountain Iron (14%, 17 mi), Cook (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alango 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 Alango Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alango 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.