Brevator Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For jobs and income Brevator Township is better than 35% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). There are 159 jobs in Brevator Township, against 494 working residents. Only 1% work in Brevator Township itself; outside it, Duluth draws the most (39%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brevator Township at work: what stands out
39% of Brevator Township works in Duluth
194 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Duluth, 18 miles away. That’s 39 times as many as work in Brevator Township itself. The commute map ↓
Brevator Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 494 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Brevator Township
Household income holds Brevator Township’s grade up ($85,313, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (6.7%) is left out: Brevator Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Brevator Township could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where Brevator Township goes to work
Where Brevator Township clocks in
39% 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.
How long Brevator Township spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brevator Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 381 commuters (the 17% 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.
Brevator Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Brevator Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
What Brevator Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brevator Township, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 159. 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 Brevator Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Brevator Township goes to work
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.
In Brevator Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 457 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Brevator Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brevator Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600, Brevator Township comes 2,131st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 26 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,129 | Forrest IL | 1,015 | $73K | 10.0% | 2.2% | 9% | C+ |
| 2,130 | Akron IN | 1,102 | $59K | 7.3% | 8.5% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,131 | Brevator Township MN | 1,221 | $85K | 15.7% | 6.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,132 | Bloomfield Township OH | 1,233 | $74K | 13.2% | 1.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,133 | Madison Township PA | 1,570 | $77K | 14.8% | 5.6% | 2% | C+ |
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| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Brevator Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns next door employ 16% of Brevator Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brevator Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brevator Township | – | C+ | D | 28 min | $85,313 |
| Cloquet | 16% | C+ | B+ | 17 min | $61,367 |
| Stoney Brook Township | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Industrial Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Solway Township | under 2% | A | D | 25 min | $101,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stoney Brook Township and Industrial Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cloquet. Darker towns draw more of Brevator 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 Brevator Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brevator Township?
$85,313 (±$15,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brevator Township?
15.7%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brevator Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brevator Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Duluth (39%, 18 mi), Cloquet (16%, 6 mi), Hermantown (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brevator Township walkable?
Brevator Township is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brevator Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brevator Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brevator 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.