Amo Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
13 jobs are based in Amo Township, and 60 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Amo Township itself; outside it, Windom draws the most (38%, 10 miles). For 29% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Amo Township by day
On a workday 60 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 73 people are in Amo Township on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Amo Township work
Where Amo Township clocks in
38% 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.
Jobs in Amo Township: what the 13 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amo Township, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 13. 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 Amo Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Amo Township spends getting to work: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amo Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 commuters (the 29% 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 Amo Township, by distance
About 23% 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.
Amo Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amo Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amo Township | – | — | — | 16 min | $77,500 |
| Storden Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Dale Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Rose Hill Township | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Storden Township, Springfield Township, Dale Township and Rose Hill Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amo 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 Amo Township: questions
What is the median household income in Amo Township?
$77,500 (±$17,311) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amo Township?
3.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amo Township?
16 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amo Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Windom (38%, 10 mi), Great Bend Township (10%, 6 mi), Mountain Lake (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amo 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 Amo Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amo 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.