First National Bank · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Belfast Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 8% of workers, the job is at home (Minnesota 18%). Belfast Township has 11 jobs, and 81 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Belfast Township itself; outside it, Slayton draws the most (32%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Belfast Township
On a workday 81 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 99 people are in Belfast Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 Belfast Township to work: where people go
Where Belfast Township clocks in
32% 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.
A place that makes things: 55% of Belfast Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belfast Township, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 11. 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 Belfast Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 40 minutes each way, longer than most of Minnesota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belfast Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 commuters (the 8% 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 Belfast Township goes to work
About 20% 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 Belfast Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belfast Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfast Township | – | — | — | 40 min | $55,417 |
| Bondin Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Southbrook Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Des Moines River Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bondin Township, Southbrook Township and Des Moines River Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belfast 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 Belfast Township: questions
What is the median household income in Belfast Township?
$55,417 (±$21,526) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belfast Township?
6.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belfast Township?
40 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belfast Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Slayton (32%, 14 mi), Marshall (6%, 41 mi), Pipestone (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Belfast 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 Belfast Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belfast 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.