Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 2.0Alma Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Minnesota 18%). 4 jobs are based in Alma Township, against 38 working residents. Hardly any work in Alma Township; the top destination outside it is Warren (26%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Alma Township on a workday
On a workday 38 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 42 people are in Alma Township on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 Alma Township goes to work
Where Alma Township clocks in
11% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Alma Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alma Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 4. 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 Alma Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Alma Township: about 30 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alma Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Alma Township
About 16% 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 Alma Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alma Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $93,750 |
| Foldahl Township | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Middle River Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| McCrea Township | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Foldahl Township, Middle River Township and McCrea Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alma 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 Alma Township: questions
What is the median household income in Alma Township?
$93,750 (±$35,608) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alma Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alma Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alma Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Warren (26%, 10 mi), Thief River Falls (16%, 28 mi), Grand Forks (11%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alma Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alma Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alma 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.