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Jobs & commute in Camp 5 Township

Camp 5 Township draws 259 commuters a day, with 32.4 jobs for every working resident

The poverty rate is 18.2%, next to 9.3% for Minnesota as a whole. Home is the office for 0% of workers; Minnesota has 18%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Day and night

On a workday 8 residents head out to work and none work right here.

8live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
259work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night21
Workday270
21live here− 8head out to work+ 260come in to work= 270on a workday

About 270 people are in Camp 5 Township on a workday afternoon, 1195% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
32.38jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Camp 5 Township’s working residents head each day

Orr: 9 workers live here (3%)Cook: 5 workers live here (2%)Ely: 5 workers live here (2%)AlbertvilleBurnsvilleGrand RapidsRogersVirginia: 8 workers live here (3%)DuluthSt. PaulCamp 5 TownshipWuori Township: 6 workers live here (2%)Portage TownshipAlango TownshipLeiding Township: 22 workers live here (8%)Beatty Township: 7 workers live here (3%)Balkan Township: 6 workers live here (2%)Greenwood Township: 33 workers live here (13%)Nett Lake: 31 workers live here (12%)Greenwood TownshipNett LakeLeiding TownshipOrrVirginiaBeatty TownshipCamp 5 Township
1
Greenwood Township29.8 mi away
13%33
2
Nett Lake14.1 mi away
12%31
38%22
4
Orr8.3 mi away
3%9
5
Virginia46.5 mi away
3%8
6
Beatty Township16 mi away
3%7
7
Wuori Township42.4 mi away
2%6
8
Balkan Township43.9 mi away
2%6
9
Cook23.9 mi away
2%5
10
Ely47.1 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%127
The top trips

Where Camp 5 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.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in Camp 5 TownshipJobs Camp 5 Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%38%
Services: health, schools, offices100%63%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%38%
Over $3,333 a month55%38%

Who does it

29 or younger17%50%
30 to 5455%25%
55 and older29%25%
+6375%

Jobs based in Camp 5 Township, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 259. 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.

Time on the road

Time on the road

Working from home
0%

of Camp 5 Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Camp 5 Township gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 2 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 far

How far

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAlbertville: 13% · 207.2 miBurnsville: 13% · 236.8 miGrand Rapids: 13% · 73.4 miRogers: 13% · 209.9 miDuluth: 13% · 101.5 miSt. Paul: 13% · 223.4 miAlango Township: 13% · 28.6 miGreenwood Township: 13% · 29.8 miAlbertville 13%Burnsville 13%Grand Rapids 13%Rogers 13%Duluth 13%Camp 5 Township
Camp 5 TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
0%10–24 mi0 residents
25%25–50 mi2 residents
75%Over 50 mi6 residents

About 75% 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.

Next door

Next door

Jobs & commute next door

TownCamp 5 Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Camp 5 Township–———$37,500
Leiding Townshipunder 13%——30 min—
Portage Townshipunder 13%——24 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Leiding Township and Portage Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Camp 5 Township: questions

What is the median household income in Camp 5 Township?

$37,500 (±$34,268) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Camp 5 Township?

18.2%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Camp 5 Township work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albertville (13%, 207 mi), Burnsville (13%, 237 mi), Grand Rapids (13%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Camp 5 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

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Beyond the commute

More of Camp 5 Township

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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.