Bath Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
8 jobs are based in Bath Township, and 150 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Bath Township itself; outside it, Albert Lea draws the most (30%, 11 miles). 8% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Bath Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 150 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Bath Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Out of Bath Township to work: where people go
Where Bath Township clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
75% of the jobs in Bath Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bath Township, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 8. 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 Bath Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Bath Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bath Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 193 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 Bath Township’s workers travel
About 18% 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 to Bath Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bath Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $104,375 |
| Clarks Grove | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Bancroft Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Geneva Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Hartland Township | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Manchester Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clarks Grove, Bancroft Township, Geneva Township, Hartland Township and Manchester Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bath 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 Bath Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bath Township?
$104,375 (±$17,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bath Township?
2.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bath Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bath Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albert Lea (30%, 11 mi), Rochester (7%, 45 mi), Owatonna (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bath Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bath Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bath 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.