Photo: Heritage Preservation Department - MNHS · CC BY-SA 2.0Brandon Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Brandon Township report 44 jobs, and 340 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Brandon Township for work; outside it, Alexandria is the main destination (34%, 12 miles). The average commute takes 21 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
Jobs and commuting in Brandon Township: the gist
Brandon Township is a place people come home to
There are 44 jobs based in Brandon Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brandon Township has about 480 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Brandon Township and Alexandria trade workers both ways
Alexandria is the top workplace for Brandon Township residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Brandon Township come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 340 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Brandon Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 338 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Brandon 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 Brandon Township goes to work
Where Brandon Township clocks in
34% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Brandon Township makes things: 82% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brandon Township, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 44. 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 Brandon Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Brandon Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brandon Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 392 commuters (the 12% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brandon Township
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.
Brandon Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Moe Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brandon Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $99,286 |
| Ida Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 21 min | $103,250 |
| Millerville Township | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Evansville Township | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Moe Township | 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Millerville Township, Evansville Township and Moe Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brandon 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 Brandon Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brandon Township?
$99,286 (±$14,359) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brandon Township?
9.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brandon Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brandon Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexandria (34%, 12 mi), Brandon (7%, 1 mi), Fergus Falls (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brandon Township without a car?
1% 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 Brandon Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brandon 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.