Beatty Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Beatty Township report 51 jobs; 144 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Beatty Township itself; outside it, Cook draws the most (17%, 10 miles). The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, where Minnesota has 23 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Beatty Township
On a workday 137 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Beatty Township on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Beatty Township goes to work
Where Beatty Township clocks in
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.
What Beatty Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beatty Township, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 51. 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 Beatty Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Beatty Township, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beatty Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 commuters (the 19% 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.
Miles to work from Beatty Township
About 23% 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 Beatty Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beatty Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatty Township | – | — | — | 30 min | $78,750 |
| Owens Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Portage Township | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Field Township | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Leiding Township | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Owens Township, Portage Township, Field Township and Leiding Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Beatty 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 Beatty Township: questions
What is the median household income in Beatty Township?
$78,750 (±$19,810) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beatty Township?
6.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beatty Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beatty Township work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cook (17%, 10 mi), Orr (8%, 11 mi), Virginia (6%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beatty 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 Beatty Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beatty 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.