Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Most of Blooming Prairie Township commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Blooming Prairie Township itself; outside it, Owatonna draws the most (31%, 15 miles). 39 jobs are based in Blooming Prairie Township for 186 working residents. For 11% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Minnesota.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Blooming Prairie Township on a workday
On a workday 185 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Blooming Prairie Township on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 Blooming Prairie Township’s working residents head each day
Where Blooming Prairie Township clocks in
31% of workers
13% of workers
12% 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 Blooming Prairie Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blooming Prairie Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 39. 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 Blooming Prairie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Blooming Prairie Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blooming Prairie Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 217 commuters (the 11% 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.
Blooming Prairie Township’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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.
Blooming Prairie Township and its neighbors: 13% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Blooming Prairie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blooming Prairie Township | – | — | — | 29 min | $103,000 |
| Blooming Prairie | 13% | C+ | A | 20 min | $63,656 |
| Summit Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Westfield Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Aurora Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Summit Township, Westfield Township and Aurora Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Blooming Prairie. Darker towns draw more of Blooming Prairie 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 Blooming Prairie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Blooming Prairie Township?
$103,000 (±$12,854) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blooming Prairie Township?
7.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blooming Prairie Township?
29 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blooming Prairie Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Owatonna (31%, 15 mi), Blooming Prairie (13%, 3 mi), Austin (12%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blooming Prairie 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 Blooming Prairie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blooming Prairie 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.