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Jobs & commute in Beaver Township

For about half of its working residents, Beaver Township is a commute to Warroad

7% of workers have no commute at all; Minnesota has 18%. Hardly any work in Beaver Township; the top destination outside it is Warroad (50%, 20 miles). The average commute takes 30 minutes each way, 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

Day and night

Beaver Township on a workday afternoon

On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

66live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night95
Workday31
95live here− 66head out to work+ 2come in to work= 31on a workday

About 31 people are in Beaver Township on a workday afternoon, 67% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

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 commute map

Where the trip to work from Beaver Township ends

Roseau: 10 residents work here (15%)Warroad: 33 residents work here (50%)Thief River Falls: 4 residents work here (6%)Bemidji: 1 residents work here (2%)Edina: 1 residents work here (2%)Medina: 3 residents work here (5%)Duluth: 1 residents work here (2%)Wilton: 1 residents work here (2%)Grafton: 1 residents work here (2%)Beaver TownshipMickinock TownshipLake Township: 3 residents work here (5%)Reine TownshipFalun TownshipWarroadRoseauThief River FallsMedinaLake TownshipBemidjiBeaver Township
1
Warroad19.8 mi away
50%33
2
Roseau15.2 mi away
15%10
3
Thief River Falls48.2 mi away
6%4
4
Medina268.1 mi away
5%3
5
Lake Township19.3 mi away
5%3
6
Bemidji87.5 mi away
2%1
7
Edina281.1 mi away
2%1
8
Duluth206 mi away
2%1
9
Wilton, ND263.8 mi away
2%1
10
Grafton, ND86.6 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
12%8
The top trips

Where Beaver Township clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

In Beaver Township, services account for most jobs

2 jobs are based in Beaver Township.

Jobs based in Beaver TownshipJobs Beaver Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%50%
Trade, transport & utilities0%14%
Services: health, schools, offices100%36%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%15%
Over $3,333 a month100%76%

Who does it

29 or younger0%12%
30 to 54100%52%
55 and older0%36%
−67%

Jobs based in Beaver Township, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 2. 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 Beaver Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 30 minutes each way for Beaver Township’s commuters

A year of commuting
230 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Beaver Township30 min
Minnesota23 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Beaver Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Beaver Township gets to work
80%Drive alone
20%Carpool

Share of the 40 commuters (the 7% 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

Where in the region Beaver Township works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miWarroad: 50% · 19.8 miRoseau: 15% · 15.2 miThief River Falls: 6% · 48.2 miMedina: 5% · 268.1 miLake Township: 5% · 19.3 miBemidji: 2% · 87.5 miEdina: 2% · 281.1 miDuluth: 2% · 206 miWilton: 2% · 263.8 miGrafton: 2% · 86.6 miWarroad 50%Roseau 15%Thief River Falls 6%Medina 5%Lake Township 5%Beaver Township
Beaver TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
74%10–24 mi49 residents
9%25–50 mi6 residents
17%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 17% 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

Beaver Township and the towns next door

Reine Township: few work hereMickinock Township: few work hereFalun Township: few work hereReine TownshipMickinock TownshipFalun TownshipBeaver Township
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Falun Township25 min
Mickinock Township29 min
Reine Township30 min
Beaver Township30 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownBeaver Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Beaver Township–——30 min—
Reine Townshipunder 2%——30 min—
Mickinock Townshipunder 2%——29 min—
Falun Townshipunder 2%——25 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Reine Township, Mickinock Township and Falun Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Beaver Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Beaver Township: questions

What is the poverty rate in Beaver Township?

0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Beaver Township?

30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Beaver Township work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Beaver Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Beaver Township, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Beaver Township

Beaver Township home →

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.