Photo: Jake DeGroot · CC BY-SA 3.0Appleton Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 3% stay in Appleton Township for work; outside it, Appleton is the main destination (25%, 2 miles). Appleton Township has 27 jobs, against 79 working residents. Home is the office for 1% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Appleton Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 77 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Appleton Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Appleton Township work
Where Appleton Township clocks in
25% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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: 37% of the jobs in Appleton Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Appleton Township, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 27. 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 Appleton Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Appleton Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 123 commuters (the 1% 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.
Appleton Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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.
The towns around Appleton Township
The biggest share goes to Hantho Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Appleton Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appleton Township | – | — | — | 18 min | $103,958 |
| Hantho Township | 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Edison Township | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Akron Township | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Shible Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hantho Township, Edison Township, Akron Township and Shible Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Appleton 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 Appleton Township: questions
What is the median household income in Appleton Township?
$103,958 (±$20,175) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Appleton Township?
8.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Appleton Township?
18 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Appleton Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Appleton (25%, 2 mi), Morris (6%, 28 mi), Madison (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Appleton 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 Appleton Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Appleton 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.