Browns Creek Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Employers in Browns Creek Township report 8 jobs, and 17 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Browns Creek Township; the top destination outside it is Thief River Falls (29%, 12 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Browns Creek Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 34 people are in Browns Creek Township on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Browns Creek Township goes to work
Where Browns Creek Township clocks in
Lines 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 Browns Creek Township’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Browns Creek Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Browns Creek Township: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Browns Creek Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 27 commuters (the 0% 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 many miles Browns Creek Township commutes
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Browns Creek Township and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Red Lake Falls Township (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Browns Creek Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Creek Township | – | — | — | 21 min | $106,250 |
| Black River Township | under 6% | — | — | 8 min | — |
| Red Lake Falls Township | 6% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| River Township | under 6% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Wylie Township | under 6% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Black River Township, Red Lake Falls Township, River Township and Wylie Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Browns Creek 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 2024, 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 Browns Creek Township: questions
What is the median household income in Browns Creek Township?
$106,250 (±$86,220) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Browns Creek Township?
0.0%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Browns Creek Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Browns Creek Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thief River Falls (29%, 12 mi), Red Lake Falls (24%, 4 mi), Medina (18%, 239 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Browns Creek 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 Browns Creek Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Browns Creek Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.