Atkinson Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Employers in Atkinson Township report 3 jobs, and 174 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Atkinson Township itself; outside it, Cloquet draws the most (16%, 9 miles). 6% of workers work from home, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Atkinson Township
On a workday 174 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Atkinson Township on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 Atkinson Township goes to work
Where Atkinson Township clocks in
10% 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.
Atkinson Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Atkinson Township, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 3. 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 Atkinson Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Atkinson Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Atkinson Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 commuters (the 6% 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.
Where in the region Atkinson Township works
About 29% 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 Atkinson Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Twin Lakes Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Atkinson Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkinson Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $100,833 |
| Mahtowa Township | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Twin Lakes Township | 2% | B+ | D− | 24 min | $105,272 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mahtowa Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Atkinson 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 Atkinson Township: questions
What is the median household income in Atkinson Township?
$100,833 (±$14,472) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Atkinson Township?
4.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Atkinson Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Atkinson Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cloquet (16%, 9 mi), Duluth (10%, 26 mi), Moose Lake (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Atkinson 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 Atkinson Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Atkinson 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.