With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Bear Park Township works elsewhere
Home is the office for 10% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Bear Park Township has 29 jobs for 70 working residents. Only 1% work in Bear Park Township itself; outside it, Mahnomen draws the most (14%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Bear Park Township
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Bear Park Township on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The places Bear Park Township commutes to
Where Bear Park Township clocks in
14% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Bear Park Township works in goods: 79% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bear Park Township, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 29. 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 Bear Park Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Bear Park Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bear Park Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 84 commuters (the 10% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bear Park Township
About 24% 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.
Work in the towns next to Bear Park Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bear Park Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Park Township | – | — | — | 27 min | $74,688 |
| Bejou Township | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Garden Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sundal Township | under 3% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Waukon Township | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bejou Township, Garden Township, Sundal Township and Waukon Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bear Park 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 Bear Park Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bear Park Township?
$74,688 (±$10,687) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bear Park Township?
9.5%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bear Park Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bear Park Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahnomen (14%, 13 mi), Fargo (9%, 53 mi), Ada (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bear Park 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 Bear Park Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bear Park 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.