Cherry Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
6% of workers work from home; Minnesota has 18%. There are 127 jobs in Cherry Township for 305 working residents. Working residents average 24 minutes each way, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Cherry Township, in brief
24% of working residents work in Hibbing
Where Cherry Township clocks in
24% of workers
15% 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.
Who leaves Cherry Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 304 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Cherry 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 2023, primary jobs.
Cherry Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherry Township, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 127. 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 Cherry Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Cherry Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherry Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 326 commuters (the 6% 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 it is to work from Cherry Township
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.
24% of Cherry Township works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cherry Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Township | – | — | — | 24 min | $80,536 |
| Hibbing | 24% | C− | A− | 17 min | $55,789 |
| Great Scott Township | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lavell Township | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Clinton Township | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Great Scott Township, Lavell Township and Clinton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hibbing. Darker towns draw more of Cherry 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 Cherry Township: questions
What is the median household income in Cherry Township?
$80,536 (±$15,195) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherry Township?
4.8%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherry Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherry Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hibbing (24%, 9 mi), Virginia (15%, 13 mi), Mountain Iron (12%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cherry 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 Cherry Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherry 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.