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Jobs & commute in Angora Township

Earning a living in Angora Township

Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S. For 9% of workers, the job is at home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%. Hardly any work in Angora Township itself; outside it, Virginia draws the most (22%, 17 miles).

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

Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 82 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.

82live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
75work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night220
Workday210
220live here− 82head out to work+ 75come in to work= 210on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.91jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

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

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Angora Township ends

Cook: 12 residents work here (15%)Ely: 2 residents work here (2%)EvelethBiwabik: 3 residents work here (4%)Golden Valley: 2 residents work here (2%)Virginia: 18 residents work here (22%)Minnetonka: 2 residents work here (2%)Hoyt LakesMountain Iron: 8 residents work here (10%)Duluth: 2 residents work here (2%)Hibbing: 5 residents work here (6%)White TownshipOwens TownshipAlango TownshipBeatty TownshipAngora TownshipBalkan TownshipPike TownshipGreenwood Township: 4 residents work here (5%)VirginiaCookMountain IronHibbingGreenwood TownshipBiwabikAngora Township
1
Virginia17.1 mi away
22%18
2
Cook5.7 mi away
15%12
3
Mountain Iron15.5 mi away
10%8
4
Hibbing28.9 mi away
6%5
5
Greenwood Township15.7 mi away
5%4
6
Biwabik20.7 mi away
4%3
7
Ely37.9 mi away
2%2
8
Golden Valley194.4 mi away
2%2
9
Minnetonka199.2 mi away
2%2
10
Duluth72.2 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%24
The top trips

Where Angora 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

80% of the jobs in Angora Township make or build things

75 jobs are based in Angora Township.

Jobs based in Angora TownshipJobs Angora Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms80%20%
Trade, transport & utilities0%11%
Services: health, schools, offices20%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%5%
$1,251–$3,333 a month11%33%
Over $3,333 a month83%62%

Who does it

29 or younger15%21%
30 to 5457%49%
55 and older28%30%
−15%

Jobs based in Angora Township, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 75. 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 Angora Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Angora Township: about 26 minutes

A year of commuting
198 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Angora Township26 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

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

About 1 in 10
How Angora Township gets to work
94%Drive alone
3%Carpool
3%Other

Share of the 109 commuters (the 9% 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.

How far

Half of Angora Township commutes less than 19 miles

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miVirginia: 22% · 17.1 miCook: 15% · 5.7 miMountain Iron: 10% · 15.5 miHibbing: 6% · 28.9 miGreenwood Township: 5% · 15.7 miBiwabik: 4% · 20.7 miEly: 2% · 37.9 miGolden Valley: 2% · 194.4 miMinnetonka: 2% · 199.2 miDuluth: 2% · 72.2 miVirginia 22%Cook 15%Mountain Iron 10%Hibbing 6%Angora Township
Angora TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi12 residents
44%10–24 mi36 residents
15%25–50 mi12 residents
26%Over 50 mi21 residents

About 26% 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

Angora Township and the towns next door

Alango Township: few work hereOwens Township: few work hereAlango TownshipOwens TownshipAngora Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Owens Township21 min
Angora Township26 min
Alango Township29 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownAngora Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Angora Township–——26 min$95,250
Alango Townshipunder 3%——29 min—
Owens Townshipunder 3%——21 min—

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

Darker towns draw more of Angora 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 Angora Township: questions

What is the median household income in Angora Township?

$95,250 (±$27,376) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Angora Township?

6.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Angora Township?

26 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Angora Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Virginia (22%, 17 mi), Cook (15%, 6 mi), Mountain Iron (10%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Angora Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

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

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Angora Township

Angora 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.