Bowstring Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 13 jobs in Bowstring Township; 89 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Bowstring Township itself; outside it, Grand Rapids draws the most (11%, 26 miles). Home is the office for 3% of workers, where Minnesota as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Bowstring Township by day
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Bowstring Township on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Bowstring Township goes to work
Where Bowstring Township clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Most jobs in Bowstring Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bowstring Township, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 13. 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 Bowstring Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 36 minutes to work from Bowstring Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bowstring Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 commuters (the 3% 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.
Half of Bowstring Township commutes less than 38 miles
About 43% 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 Bowstring Township: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bowstring Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowstring Township | – | — | — | 36 min | $72,083 |
| Oteneagen Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lake Jessie Township | under 3% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Marcell Township | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oteneagen Township, Lake Jessie Township and Marcell Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bowstring 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 Bowstring Township: questions
What is the median household income in Bowstring Township?
$72,083 (±$15,109) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bowstring Township?
6.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bowstring Township?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bowstring Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grand Rapids (11%, 26 mi), Deer River (8%, 15 mi), Bigfork (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bowstring Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bowstring Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bowstring 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.