Most of Amor Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 20 jobs in Amor Township, and 184 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Amor Township itself; outside it, Perham draws the most (20%, 15 miles). For 40% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Amor Township by day and by night
On a workday 184 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Amor Township on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 Amor Township’s working residents head each day
Where Amor Township clocks in
20% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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 Amor Township: what the 20 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amor Township, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 20. 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 Amor Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Amor Township: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amor Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 134 commuters (the 40% 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 Amor Township, by distance
About 20% 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.
Amor Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amor Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amor Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $62,847 |
| Everts Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Maine Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Otter Tail Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Dead Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Everts Township, Maine Township, Otter Tail Township and Dead Lake Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amor 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 Amor Township: questions
What is the median household income in Amor Township?
$62,847 (±$4,332) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amor Township?
4.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amor Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amor Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Perham (20%, 15 mi), Fergus Falls (11%, 19 mi), Ottertail (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Amor Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amor Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amor 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.