Most of Brunswick Township commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
The two grades for Brunswick Township are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Brunswick Township has 35 jobs; 524 of its residents have a job. For 10% of workers, the job is at home; Minnesota has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Brunswick Township
Brunswick Township is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Brunswick Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Brunswick Township has about 910 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Brunswick Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Brunswick Township and Mora trade workers both ways
Mora is the top workplace for Brunswick Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Brunswick Township come from (11% 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 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Brunswick Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Brunswick Township is better than 44% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Brunswick Township’s grade up ($92,434, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (6.3%) is left out: Brunswick 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, Brunswick Township could be anywhere from C to B.
Who works in Brunswick Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 521 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Brunswick Township on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
How long Brunswick Township spends getting to work: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brunswick Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 631 commuters (the 10% 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.
23% of working residents work in Mora
Where Brunswick Township clocks in
23% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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.
Making and building: 60% of jobs based in Brunswick Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brunswick Township, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 35. 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 Brunswick Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Brunswick Township works
About 23% 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.
Most trips from Brunswick Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brunswick Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 3.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 698 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.7% of Brunswick Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brunswick Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Brunswick Township places 2,399th of 5,877 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,397 | Marion TX | 1,101 | $63K | 16.4% | 2.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,398 | Brackettville TX | 1,327 | $69K | 10.5% | 1.3% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,399 | Brunswick Township MN | 1,397 | $92K | 8.6% | 6.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,400 | Washington NH | 1,221 | $89K | 8.7% | 0.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,401 | Wetmore Township PA | 1,567 | $83K | 6.3% | 0.3% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Brunswick Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Brunswick Township and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brunswick Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick Township | – | C+ | C | 38 min | $92,434 |
| Maple Ridge Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| South Fork Township | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Arthur Township | under 2% | C+ | D | 30 min | $72,375 |
| Grass Lake Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 42 min | $82,188 |
| Stanchfield Township | under 2% | B | B | 29 min | $87,917 |
| Dalbo Township | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maple Ridge Township, South Fork Township and Dalbo Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brunswick 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 Brunswick Township: questions
What is the median household income in Brunswick Township?
$92,434 (±$9,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brunswick Township?
8.6%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brunswick Township?
38 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brunswick Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mora (23%, 8 mi), Cambridge (10%, 15 mi), Minneapolis (3%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brunswick Township walkable?
Brunswick Township is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brunswick Township without a car?
0% 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 Brunswick Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brunswick 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.